Your property taxes pay for government workers’ guaranteed salaries, benefits and pensions while you get no such guarantees – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
April 18, 2024
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Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss why Illinois’ property taxes are such a national outlier, why Illinoisans are forced to pay the high, guaranteed salaries, benefits and pensions of the government class, why Illinoisans aren’t getting their money’s worth for what they pay, the teachers unions’ influence over elections, and more.
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
So instead of making government more efficient and less wasteful of tax dollars the Democrat politicians double down on a losing lawsuit and even further waste the taxpayer’s money. It would be a comedy if it weren’t so sad and tragic.
The ONLY solution for the deep blue states is bankruptcy. The sooner the better. Every day that bankruptcy is delayed is a wasted day and more waste of the taxpayer’s money. So Connecticut: Please do America a favor and fail now.
Hahahah, all I read about on progressive tax sites is to repeal the tax cuts. Rich 10%ers on the coasts who want raise YOUR taxes are suddenly angry when their own taxes go up. The irony, I love trump so much.