Editorial: Buying Votes With Gas Tax Rebates – Wall Street Journal

"Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is also promising to 'alleviate some pressure on Illinois’ working families,' after having doubled the state gas tax to 38 cents a gallon in 2019. His proposal: Suspend this year’s inflation-adjusted gas tax increase (two cents a gallon) and send $300 property tax credits to middle-income homeowners. That’s about as much as inflation is costing the average household in a single month, and it doesn’t come close to offsetting higher property taxes from increasing housing values and pension payments."

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