Michael

Northern Illinois leaders consider reinstating grocery sales tax at local level

Seems like it’s going to affect more than DeKalb, see the article title.

Regardless, I lived in a rural university town myself in the past - much more rural than DeKalb. There were plenty of rich people tucked away in their massive homes. At least enough to raise their taxes just a bit to generate 800k of revenue.

Tax literally anything instead of food, I say - groceries are high enough and not everybody struggling qualifies for food stamps.

How about taxing the wealthy instead of food? Taxing cars is nice too.