Commentary: A healthy commercial tax base is a must for Cook County’s survival – Chicago Tribune*

"So, who is the villain in the Cook County property tax meltdown? High government spending and high property tax levies. Their growth has far outpaced inflation over the last 20 years and made Cook County property taxes a permanent second mortgage that no one can avoid."
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Marko
4 years ago

Maybe the Trib should have been more proactive 25 years ago instead of trashing republicans and promoting socialists. One op-ed after the the fact helps nothing. Rot in hell Chicago Tribune, you deserve it.

Lions Choice
4 years ago

Property owners and businesses are downsizing their Chicago footprint, and heading for places where the tax laws are not designed to strangle private enterprise

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