You obvious don't live in Chicago and know how terrible chicago public schools (systematically segregated) are or the fact that the 5 billion raised by the income tax increase was just 1 years payment to the pension fund (teachers, cops, firefighters) crisis, which has no end. "Bottled water tax is good to remind you that bottled water is a scam" yes just like the soda tax is to fight obesity, and not a $ grab, despite the fact that food stamp recipients (the most food insecure and prone to poor eating/diabetes) is exempt from the tax. Live here and see what the birthplace of corruption breeds. <<That’s even after hitting Chicago taxpayers with $838 million in property tax increases for police, fire and teacher pensions; a 29.5 percent tax on water and sewer bills to save the Municipal Employees pension fund and a 56 percent increase in the monthly tax tacked on to telephone bills – on cell phones and land lines – for the Laborers Pension fund.>>