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.
Great article Mark ! I feel your pain, total taxes here in Maryland are also too high.
Even worse than your 105% increase in 17 yrs, as I calculate it.
$9.2B to $19.8B is a 115% increase (or 114% if the unrounded #s were ~ 9.24B to 19.75B
Must be ALOT of underwater mortgages in the state !