Commentary: ‘Circuit breakers’ would ease burden of soaring Cook County property taxes – Chicago Sun-Times

George Cardenas, commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review: "As we saw in this year’s reassessment in the south suburbs, property assessments tend to be skewed against lower-income homeowners and people of color, leading to over-assessments and higher tax bills. ... Circuit breaker programs provide targeted property tax relief based on a household’s income."
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William Butler Hickok
1 year ago

The tax system is a zero sum game, one group gets a reduction another group gets
Taxed more. Squeeze the python wins again!

Old Joe
1 year ago

Ending one party rule in Chicago would also ease the burden of soaring property taxes too!

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