Property tax relief is next 'think big' idea for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers to face

[TexasTowelie]

ov. J.B. Pritzker hailed the accomplishments of state lawmakers for checking off the major items of his “think big” agenda this spring, saying their work delivered Illinois one of the most “consequential and transformative legislative sessions in history.”

But in approving a proposed constitutional change to state income taxation, a balanced budget, a massive $45 billion capital construction plan, a statewide expansion of gambling and legalized marijuana, Pritzker also knows what his next “think big” initiative will have to be: substantive property tax relief to Illinois homeowners.

With voter outrage growing over rapidly rising property taxes, a transformative plan to lower them could help sell Pritzker’s graduated-rate income tax amendment in November 2020.

This year, lawmakers were able to settle only on creating a task force to come up with ways to provide property tax relief with a mandate to deliver its final recommendations by the end of December.

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-property-tax-pritzker-think-big-20190606-story.html

[msongs]

1. sorta depends on what is paid for by property taxes on suspects nt

[The Polack MSgt]

2. The military sent me to Illinois 20 years ago, I'm still here

And I bought a house when I decided to settle here.

Previously I was stationed in Western NY and California, so when people around me in corn country bitch about taxes, I shake my head - They don't know taxes

Fucking every where I've been stationed stateside has higher income taxes - hell even Kentucky has higher income taxes, and it taxes military retirement as well...

But property taxes are crazy high for non-farm holdings and because of that, the perception is that Illinois is a very high tax state.

He would silence a boatload of grumbling if he can address property taxes

[beachbum bob]

3. the huge mistake in the talk of Illinois property taxes, the excessive taxes are mostly in the

Chicago area, and those are caused by the taxes to the Chicago Public School system which PAYS for THEIR teachers and admin pensions....at the same time the same taxpayer's state income taxes pay for DOWNSTATE teachers and admin pensions....


throw in the 10's of thousands of taxing districts that Illinois has and no wonder, yet Illinois legislature is afraid to take on all these kingdoms, can a governor?


the savings to taxpayers would be huge to rid Illinois of the worthless townships and the 100's of millions of tax dollars they collect for services that counties are providing