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.
It’s never enough…
The Majeskes took home $90,667 between the 2 of them last year, so they aren’t exactly hurting. They can easily afford to pay for their health care. Considering they pay a hair under 2K in property taxes for their house in Morris, they have plenty left over.
Nice catch. Furthermore, both have been retired since 2001, so I’d bet they saved about $45,000 over the years by paying no state income taxes on their retirement income. And since they undoubtedly invested that money just as their their benevolent pensions do, they should have another $70K in interest on top of that, right? So what’s the problem?!