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Tag Archives: Tax Reform
Shifting Education Costs the Other Way: Onto the State
In my last post, I said that the pension cost shift that the Governor proposed in his budget address is nothing but an attempt to balance the State’s budget on the backs of property taxpayers, and that I would not … Continue reading
Posted in Cost of Government, Education, Property Taxes, Taxes Tagged Education Funding, Income Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Reform 1 Comment
Choosing Among Bad Options to Fix Our Pension Mess
So now we know that next year the State of Illinois will have to shell out 24% of its state budget just to pay pensions, and we strongly suspect that we’re having smoke blown at us if we believe the … Continue reading