No surprise that Illinois’ Tier 2 pension law being challenged in court given how it was passed – Wirepoints Quickpoint
The law was bulldozed through in 2010 by House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton in less than 12 hours with no analysis, debate or actuarial assessment.
With excessively high property taxes no one should lose their homes to unpaid taxes unless fraud is suspected. On your tax bill it clearly states that partial payments will not accepted and your check will be returned and then eventually a tax sale. In the Illinois Constitution Article 1 Section 1 says we have certain rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and to secure these rights AND the protection of property. That last part should also be argued in court to include protection of property from the tax man. We can have security/cameras/gates/deadbolts and so on for… Read more »