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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Ahhhh the old twisted way of presenting “facts”. Are you going to throw facts in here, or just try to scare people? Harvey frikin stoke money from Chicago and has more nepotism then you can count on your hands and feet. The Mayor is a crook, but you want to try trt throw this off on the pensions. Maybe the Police pension did this to draw attention to what’s gohhg on in Harvey. What town would only have $200,000 in operating funds? What town would lay off half their police and fire, but keep all of Kellogg’s relatives on the… Read more »
Mark,–I don’t know how anybody can keep up –but who’s first in line–the bond holders (under new secularization scheme) or pensions (under pension intercept) at the foreclosure sales in harvey and across the state?