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.
Coincidence…?
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Proving yet again this was never about “the science” nor was it about the “virus”, it was about making damn sure Donald J Trump was run out of D.C.
I have no respect for any of these people. They crushed businesses and destroyed the lives of hard working American immigrants who busted their asses making small companies run in our cities and villages to have these billionaires take away the “American Dream” from the most vulnerable.
“it was about making damn sure Donald J Trump was run out of D.C.”
Yes, this was one reason. The other is that they were mimicking other European and five eyes nations that went into full lock down, to act like they were doing *something*, full well knowing that BIPOC and Trump Supporters would be hurt the most.
Insidious and evil, really.