Growing property tax burdens make this state unlivable for too many Illinoisans – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
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.
I wouldn’t make evenhandedness a requirement, tho. It might just exhaust them and lead to their retreat. I say let ’em battle it out, full bore, no holds barred. Get people talking, engaged.
I think the media is extremely biased, and glad handing. Like the national media, they are progressives, liberals. In many cases, they don’t understand finance. Most certainly don’t know their way around a balance sheet. They are more interested in currying favor than hard reporting and doing research-while basing that research on unbiased hypothesis rather than biased opinion. It’s pretty easy to do research if you are looking to confirm an opinion rather than actual fact finding, stat gathering and then comparing it to see what’s real and what’s spin. The abject horror of the Illinois and Chicago finances were… Read more »