Ted was on Fired Up with Mike Flannery last week debating Pritzker’s progressive tax rates with two progressive tax supporters. Ted’s message was simple, “Right now, Illinois has the highest property taxes in the nation, one of the largest out migration problems in the nation and its got the most pension debt. Anyone who thinks tax hikes are the solution to those things are just flat out wrong.”
Debate starts at 12:00
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.
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.
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.
Illinois’ dismal education numbers – especially for minority students – are embarrassing to politicians and officials. But rather than admit there’s a problem with Illinois’ education system, they attack the state’s own standards for being “too high,” instead.
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Good job Ted. I hate these types of ‘debates’ where you have 15 seconds to talk as fast as possible before being interrupted. At least you got a good last-word against those two smirking bozos.
Thanks…you are right. Many dishonesties to rebut in 15 seconds.
Ted – the two tax hounds you were debating with proceed under a fallacy that productive people will stay and gladly pay into a system with gigantic and ever growing pension debt. People who pay lots of taxes won’t stay because there is no realistic financial future. Sure, people making over 250k know that their current 5 percent rate of taxation buys very little in services in return, but make it 8 percent with even less value in return, and these types will stay in-state or not diminish productivity? No way. These two shills talk about social science. Are there… Read more »