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.
She has a moral imperative to reduce the city payroll with layoffs. Every equation has two sides. Her precious “equity” can be obtained by addition or subtraction depending on what side of the equation you have the will to adjust. Her will is to only make government bigger, even if that means the whole city payroll is sitting at home for the next 12 months collecting a paycheck and getting a taste of semi retirement before they collect their platinum pensions.
How many rooms in how many mansions does Jabba have? How many rooms and mansions has Jabba opened up to the homeless victims of his deadly policies?
Lori has no moral authority and is no position to speak to me about morals.
Groot can take this and stick it up her ass.
I really don’t appreciate her using my personal checkbook to fund her socialist agenda.
If you want relief money like that, cut your own salary 50% as well as every city worker by 10%.
We can’t do that?
Because that would be YOUR money?
Yeah, that’s the point.
These pols who claim businesses have a “higher moral superiority” are ignorant. The invisible hand works.
The problem is their invisible hand comes in a smacks the sh** out of your invisible hand creating economic misery and destruction for all but the plugged in favored few.
Fine Just do not collect property taxes and i am sure landlords would help
Don’t worry property taxes will be collected. Late fees of 1.5% per month will also be assessed.
Are Jabba and Groot not part of the housing ecosystem with their highest in the nation property taxes? Don’t they have an obligation to tell the greed-crazed unions to accept cuts in pay and pensions to fulfill their moral duty to keep people in their homes?