If you’re frustrated with Illinois’ educational results, you may want to follow the money from teachers unions. In the last four years alone, Illinois lawmakers and political candidates have taken nearly $30 million in contributions from teachers unions and their national affiliates.
Lawmakers conveniently ignore the full impact of inflation when it comes to ordinary Illinoisans. Take the personal exemption on the state income tax. For tax year 2023, the exemption will not rise with inflation as it should under current law. And that means a higher tax bill for everyone.
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski testified on April 10, 2024 to members of the House Revenue and Finance Committee at the invitation of Rep. Joe Sosnowski. Ted told lawmakers that the state’s property tax burden has become dire for countless Illinoisans.
Ted joined WLS 890’s PM Chicago Show to discuss Chicago’s worsening pension crisis, why the city’s crisis makes it such an outlier nationally, its negative impact on residents, government workers and retirees alike, and what Mayor Brandon Johnson should do about it.
When has any company persisted with a project in the face of stronger local, statewide and national opposition? When have taxpayers subsidized a more harebrained project?
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The concept of ‘a bailout with strings’ is fundamentally flawed for there is no meaningful enforcement mechanism(s). Even if the bailout was contingent on the 3 actions mentioned,Illinois and the Chicago Democrats that run the state, with a super majority, have not shown any good faith to resolve the budget and dept problem they created. Look at the recent ‘loan’ Illinois took from the Federal Reserve – there is no enforcement mechanism if Illinois decides to not pay it back – the U.S. taxpayer will have been sucked by Illinois with no recourse. Best not to consider state bailouts at… Read more »
Why should they be bailed out at all?