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During a segment on Gov. Pritzker’s 2023 budget, Ted Dabrowski told Mary Ann Ahern of NBC 5 that Illinoisans should be disappointed with Pritzker’s tax relief ideas. Residents need real reforms, not one-year reelection gimmicks.
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Ahern is a fawning sycophant of anyone in office…. Start asking the tough questions, Mary Anne, and then we can re-bestow the appellation of journalist.
80% of my real estate taxes go to local schools which are the real thieves. Not one cent of RE tax money goes to the state. Reining in crazy school spending is the only way to reduce RE taxes.
So true. In my area the high school is a solo district with a superintendent plus staff. There are 4 feeder elementary school districts, one has one school with superintendent. One has two schools plus superintendent. Two have 3 schools plus two superintendent plus staff. 5 districts, 5 superintendents plus 5 sets of support staff. The student numbers aren’t huge as well. HS, 2200. The other districts may total max 2000 students total together. Well over $$$ million plus in salaries for supers and staff. Consolidate and costs would be reduced substantially, nope, the idea has been floated and the… Read more »
Yes, there is a LOT of bloat, but depending on what suburb you live in, the price of your housing is intrinsically tied to those schools. The difference in housing prices between two adjacent schools districts is directly related to the quality of the schools. And you have good schools because of those high property taxes. But if you like in a medicore unperforming school district with high taxes, then heck, break it all up.
You do incredible damage by promoting misinformation. Woodstock D200 has bad schools ( standardized comparison metrics are math, Science, reading comprehension below norms), property tax rates triple national average (3.6% now but as high as 4.7% lately), and home values that have lagged Illinois and America enormously over 15 years. While your hackneyed canard that”And you have good schools because of those high property taxes.” may seem intuitively pleasing to believe in General, it is factually inaccurate in Specific. Compare home values in Illinois to the rest of America; even poshy North Shore or Hinsdale areas which claim “good schools”… Read more »
Me personally, I’d rather have the thieves in my neighborhoods spend that money locally. I’d leave the state tomorrow if a law passed sending that money to Springfield instead. Those losers in Springfield would redistribute for equity and little of it would come back to you local schools.
What the state could do (and should have done all along) is set a cap on what the state would support for normal pension costs. For example, for any salary above $80,000, the local district has to pay the normal cost above that amount and they have to pay it that year. What that would have done is put pressure on local taxing districts, thereby deflating those salaries or overall compensation, thereby decreasing pension costs in the long term. Bring the pension costs closest to where they are borne. On the flip side, it decreases the burden on poorer districts… Read more »
The problem comes back to the state: they collect all your money but send little back in return. Ironically, it is no different than “red-state/blue-state” argument you hear from Dems around here. They are more than happy to claw back their extra federal taxes they pay from those no-good Southerners, but mention we do the same here with state income taxes – thereby abandoning the African American suburbs to fend for themselves.- and they’ll saw, “nah, that’s different.’ No, it ain’t.
Glad I’m not the only noticing this on my tax bill
I was online and a pritzker ad came on, spewing the lies he is telling — all polished up with everyone dressed just right and half smiling — in an ad-agency-kind-of-way. We need extra good memories from alot of people and a miracle, cuz this guy’s a shameless liar willing to throw money around like it’s confetti!
I’m surprised your actually getting main stream media attention. They usually do the bidding for the combine that runs things.
Your analysis is very strong and backed by accurate data. That’s the problem though Ted. You’re actually telling the truth. People who lie and tell the lemming what they want to hear get ahead.
You need to run for gov, promise 50% tax cuts and 50% more spending. Then, do what you want and blame it on someone else. Trump, bogeyman, Freddy Krueger, anyone else.
Then in re-elect year, throw them a bone, and they’ll praise you.
Keep punching Mark & Ted.
We are 100% behind you.
Churchill – Never, Never ever give up.
Tim Allen/Galaxy Quest – Never Give Up! Never Surrender!
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So great to see the regular press paying attention to you Ted. Keep up the great work Wirepoints. You are our last hope!
Keep up the fight, Ted! The time they had you on was short, but hopefully some were watching and paying attention.