Shoppers from Chicago are coming to Northwest Indiana to save tax money now that Cook County’s highest in the nation sales tax took effect earlier this July.

While I usually don’t support higher taxes, if Cook County wants to increase theirs a little bit more to help out Northwest Indiana’s housing and retail businesses, I’m all in favor!

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High taxes (or the prospect thereof) have you wishing there was something you could do?

Some cities have expressed desires to break free from high tax districts.

Griffith, Indiana wants to leave Calumet Township because it is a donor city.

Palatine, Illinois hopes to become a part of Lake County, Illinois.

And, now there’s talk of forming a new Illinois county — Lincoln County.

Eric Zorn posts about how Cook County’s residents could break away — it would require a majority of resident signatures.

Of course, the easy way to break free from Cook County’s high taxes is to vote with your feet — Northwest Indiana isn’t too far away.

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