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.
I assume all the $ six figure $ ctu “field reps” and other ctu employees are able to collect cps pensions and bennies
CTU is the most evil organization in Illinois. CTU has zero to do with education and everything to do with screwing taxpayers out of as much money as possible. The bottomless greed of CTU reserves them a special place in hell. Public Sector unions like CTU, AFSCME and SEIU must be made illegal in Illinois in order for Illinois to return to prosperity.
It takes a. Lot for an organization to out-evil the Illinois Democrat Party but CTU has achieved this dubious title.
Now where have I heard this story before???
https://citizenvsmachine.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/chicago-teachers-union-opens-the-books/
Im not a trump fan but this articales thanks to trump administration’s enforcement of LMRDA, public sector unions are especially opposed, obama gave them a pass and didnt enforce. Wonder if any dues went to Friend of Madigan? https://www.the74million.org/article/union-report-more-bad-news-for-unions-many-may-have-to-disclose-their-finances/
Time to abolish the public school system, privatization, if you have children in school you pay for it. Time to end all this nonsense now, pensions, health care free lunches etc all out of control. taxpayers have been your atm long enough.