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.
Dems do not care what they do to the state only that they keep their “power”.
Forget the everyman.
Power is all they are after and the money they can grab out of the everyman’s pocket.
The flat tax is an Illinois constitutional protection that we should be very reluctant to give up. The “progressive” income tax is really about giving the state much greater income tax flexibility than it has now. And it wouldn’t be wise to trust the same politicians who have made so many phony promises about taxes and revenues. State Sen. Rauschenberger provides some good examples of decades-long “trust issues” with Illinois government’s taxing and spending management. The bottom line ought to be clear to anyone: “Their talk of ‘progressive’ is only important when it comes to them getting more revenue. This… Read more »
The state would have expanded tax authority if the voters approved a progressive income tax. There are too many trust issues. State government wants a free pass to continue avoiding reform and making bad choices.
Funny not, wait until there retirement annuity’s get taxed, you want to see people scream holy hell. Remember when November comes and vote NO there is nothing good about this.
We need to show them who’s boss.
The people promoting the adjustable income tax are the same ones that said the last tax income tax hike would be temporary.
Only call it a progressive income tax if you want it to pass.
The majority of voters in Illinois will vote for anything that is associated with the word progressive.
The word is out. Many voters will be educated about the progressive tax well before they hit the polling booth.