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’m convinced Democrat Socialism/Thugism only leads to Bankruptcy. Venezuela is another example of the power of Socialism/Thugism. Democrats = Bankruptcy by definition if left unchecked and unchallenged. New York City had Republican Mayors for quite a while limiting the damage.
Mark, do you think Amazon might be better positioned than most companies to withstand the fiscal fire that is certainly coming to Chicago in the next decade? I think about how much volume they must be doing in Chicago alone, based my household’s use of Prime. They have massively expanded their presence here already. While I am not a detailed follower of their finances, and I am sympathetic to the comments Detroiters are making, I wonder if Amazon will simply decide that their business in Chicago is too good to ignore. Or maybe the competition for their new location is… Read more »
I don’t think that selecting another location would impair their sales here.
No need to go outside the Midwest. There are other large cities that could accommodate amazon like Indianapolis.