Property taxes are used to fund all sorts of stuff, like a default cookie jar, so to speak. Chicago used hike this year to fund pensions This graph is a good

Property taxes are used to fund all sorts of stuff, like a default cookie jar, so to speak. Chicago used hike this year to fund pensions This graph is a good summary https://d2dv7hze646xr.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-5.46.59-PM.png https://d2dv7hze646xr.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015... > Illinoisans’ residential property-tax burden – as a percentage of median household income – has risen 76 percent. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/growing-out-of-control-property-taxes-put-increasing-burden-on-illinois-taxpayers/ https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/growing-out-of-contro...