Correct. It's especially insulting when taxes pale in comparision to the other costs of running a business, such as payroll, insurance, physical plant, inventory, and any vendor contracts.
Bringing this full-circle back to the topic of the thread, I don't feel the least bit sorry for Hoffmann Estates, Illinois. They may have thought they hit a gravy train by suckering Sears out of Chicago, but it's clear the local geniuses never had a plan for the end game that now approaches.
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