Illinois’ 2020 budget is an unbalanced mess. Downstate households are on the hook for $75,000 each in retirement debts. And Illinoisans are now paying the nation’s 3rd-highest gas taxes to fund an unvetted, politically-motivated, pork-filled capital bill.
What does all that mean to ordinary Illinoisans, and what can they do about it? Listen to Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski speak on July 31st at Americans For Prosperity in Rolling Meadows to hear the answer.
Unbalancing Act: IL’s Busted Budget
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Rolling Meadows Field Office
1843 Hicks Road, Suite B
Learn more before you come hear Ted:
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.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
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Remind me not to eat dinner first…sigh.
If I was still living in Illinois, I would have made the effort to attend. Hopefully, regular readers of Wirepoint will bring guests (Illinois family/friends) that are skeptical about the bad news that us regulars pass along, and wake up when they hear it directly from Ted.
Suggestion for Ted: Start off by asking a few members of the audience where they live and then respond by telling them how much debt they own.
tks for speaking out on the budget sham
I saw this article about the Detroit bankruptcy, 5 years later. Interesting read.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tompor/2018/07/18/detroit-bankruptcy-retirees-pension/759446002/
That was a very interesting read.