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Ralph Martire, of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, challenged the state’s rankings on elementary and secondary education spending, which lists Illinois at No. 4 nationally and No. 6 on a per capita basis. “Illinois includes the legacy cost on pension debt and virtually no other state includes that,” Martire said. “It makes it look like we’re spending all this money on education, but a large chunk of it isn’t going into a classroom.”
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“Others, however, would view low per capita figures as missed opportunities for revenue growth, and subsequent program spending.” “Ralph Martire, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, said the report also “artificially inflates” the state’s corporate income tax because it includes the personal property replacement tax collections, which go to municipalities.” Ralphie ‘We can’t be taxed enough’ Martire is back. He calls his NGO ‘non-partisan’. However, Ralphie, true to form, continues his apology tour for Illinois’ free-spending leftists. Illinois is broke and Ralphie’s refrain is always ‘we need to tax and spend more!’. Always. His allegiance… Read more »
Ralf is paid by the corrupt public unions to spew this nonsense. I can’t wait for the inevitable education cuts when the ship sinks.
Illinois and Chicago both pay some of the highest prices for some of the worse services.
Because all along the line there are many hands out to make sure that they snatch a piece for their private rainy day funds. It’s not enough that there are too many people in the chain of command making too much money, they also have to grab a little extra. The hundreds of fraudulent PPP loans taken out by CHI/ Cook County employees are evidence of that.