Math. It's far too complicated for liberals. That's why they loved Obamacare.
Someone has to pay for those gold plated pensions.
If they started voting out all incumbents, and kept it up until property taxes were reduced, the problem would be solved.
But voters never do this. That’s why politicians are so shamelessly corrupt.
And just to make it all better, the income tax increase came from Democrat efforts to balance the budget. The state will still have to borrow money in order to actually balance the budget, but that is a trick that has been going on in Illinois for several years.
If the grandchildren weren't here, it would be time to move out. But, first things first.
Say what you want about California, they got Property Tax figured out. A public supported proposition (13) was passed which limits by how much property taxes can be raised each year. I currently pay $1,200 a year. True it goes up a little each year but as long as Prop 13 is in effect, I will not face any surprises when I open my tax bill.
I have been thinking about how our nation was founded on the idea of “no taxation without representation”. I am starting to think that it will end with “representation without taxation”...
Somebody’s gotta pay for all those sinecures..................
People in IL don’t seem to mind the highest taxes in the nation: probably see it as a status symbol. Ol’ Ev Dirksen knew how liberal they were even in the 1960s, but now the deluge is here.
They're funding vacation/retirement homes in Door County, WI for Chicago school teachers.
Politicians gleefully tax just about everything conceived of by human beings. Ever higher taxes are never enough for them. They are rarely, if ever good stewards of public monies. Instead, almost without exception they are rampant spendthrifts and make sure public monies enrich themselves, their families, close friends and big donors. They don’t give a rat’s arse if Joe and Jane Doe can afford taxes or not. We are all in debt to government in one way or another with no hope of ever getting out from under. Yet all politicians do is piss on all of us.
That’s exactly the situation that resulted in Prop 13 passing in California.
to come and stay. And to use the school system, feed at the public trough, and use Chicago's emergency rooms as private doctors.
Chicago and Illinois must have lots of money for Rahm to be able to do that for any illegal who comes to Chicatgo... could this story be a lie?
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That's cheap compared to my utility bill here in CA.
So as people leave Illinois because they can’ afford the property takes, the government will be forced to raise them even higher to make up for the lost revenue! So as the number of citizens approaches zero, the property tax bills will approach infinity. I feel sorry for the few that will remain.
Dems budget into chaos.
Repubs that are elected in get the blame because they can’t always change contracts.
Then dems run on how awful repubs have made things.
People just have to wise up. Can’t be fiscally sound promising so much to govt workers. Especially pension wise.
This could be a great argument for privatizing schools.
Great argument. Especially from the pension angle.
I know it’s cheaper to tag a car in Illinois than it is in Kansas, based on the number of Kansas residents I see with Illinois tags on their vehicles.
I despise property taxes. If the money is needed, get it from another source. Free people are allowed to own property.
Hahaha. Maybe it is time for the aggrieved taxpayers to take a different approach?
I think the Illinois tax collectors are trying to beat New Jersey to be the highest in the country (Illinois now at 50th (lowest to highest) and New Jersey at 51st).
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-property-taxes/11585/#real-estate