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Originally Posted by the urban politician
And where is the talk of property tax reform?
Are they being lowered? By how much? Is a committee examining this? Who is spearheading this? What is Pritzker's plan?
There isn't one. His plan is to keep buying commercials with images of him talking to children and black people, sometimes wearing a hard hat. What a slime ball. I can't believe anybody buys this BS. Illinois just keeps getting dug deeper into a hole, and the voters keep voting for the same group of lunkheads
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I think a progressive state income tax would better allow Illinois to better fund public schools at the state level. Public schools currently rely mostly on local funding. Your school district(s) is/are probably the single greatest line item on your property tax bill. They'd still come knocking for money, but it would likely be far less unless your school district agreed to a higher levy by referendum(?).
I don't trust that Pritzker (democrats) will institute a progressive state income tax and leave those theoretically saved local tax dollars untaxed by the state. An increase in taxes may (will) ultimately be necessary, but I'd rather that process be transparent and not be dictated by men with questionable business interests. Rauner's no better, but at least he and Madigan are openly hostile towards one another. That reform process would be so publicly followed. Mainly because I'm sure the tea spilled by both sides would be too sweet. We need that though.