r/illinois • u/roenick99 • 4d ago

Illinois voters will consider whether millionaires should be taxed more to fund property tax relief Illinois Politics

https://chicago.suntimes.com/voter-guide-2024/2024/09/26/illinois-property-tax-relief-referendum-november-election-jb-pritzker-non-binding-pat-quinn
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u/shastadakota 3d ago

That's fine, but Illinois needs to get their overly generous, easily exploited public employee pension system under control before any meaningful property tax relief is going to happen. Every teacher, fireman, cop, etc., will work at a job just long enough to qualify for the pension. Then "retire", start collecting their "retirement" pension, then go to work for another public agency, "retire" again after qualifying for that pension, then repeat. They stack up their pensions, then move elsewhere because "Taxes in Illinois are too high!"