Commentary: Amendment 1 is a property tax hike in disguise – Chicago Sun-Times*

Mailee Smith is director of labor policy and staff attorney at the Illinois Policy Institute: "If Amendment 1 does not pass, government workers would still keep their right to collectively bargain. Contrary to messaging from its supporters, workers would lose no rights and no workers would lose their jobs. But its passage would mean Illinoisans’ pocketbooks could take another hit during a time of record inflation, when it is already difficult to make ends meet."  
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Old Joe
1 year ago

In Illinois you pay for your property twice. Once for the mortgage and once again in property taxes.

NB
1 year ago

Shocking ST would post an article by IPI!!!! Maybe since they are now a non-for-profit/ partially taxpayer funded they have to make some half hearted attempt to look non-partisan, not to hard left?

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