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.
Of course the south, west sides, and the latin x population will not pay their fines and drive high anyway. Lori needs their votes so they will not have to pay. And they all drive without licenses or insurance anyway. Thanks blm for destroying Chicago and Illinois.
Here’s the deal: Chicago has a very onerous traffic and parking laws. There’s cameras everywhere that automatically ticket drivers and the parking restrictions are practically insane. I’ve never seen anywhere like it. And the fines for violations are outrageous, in the hundreds of dollars, and they double if you don’t pay the fines in 21 days. It’s nearly impossible to park on the street because the restrictions are arbitrary and the red light tickets are crazy because they shorten the yellow lights to….give more tickets. No one should have to live like this. Even I, a model citizen, had my… Read more »
“That’s insanity and no one should have to live like this…”
Yes, but when you live under a communist regime, you must simply learn to live with it.
I’d guess that probably 95 or 96 out of 100 people who’ve had their license suspended for parking tickets or red light tickets live or drive in Chicago. Just another reason to stay the heck out of Chicago.