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In Illinois, there have been austerity measures taken that have put more burden on younger residents: * Pensions for new employees fall under a tiered system w
by sct202 9y ago
In Illinois, there have been austerity measures taken that have put more burden on younger residents:
* Pensions for new employees fall under a tiered system where the benefits are far far lower than the old plans.
* Funding to services (eg higher education) have been cut to divert money to pay for the short falls.
* Almost every new tax is earmarked to pay for old pensions.
So not only do we have to pay more for today's services (tollways, rising transit fees, property taxes, sales tax, college), we have to pay for yesterday's underfunded promises.
- jdhn 9y agoThe tolls in Illinois are ridiculous. I was heading up to Madison, WI and decided to take I-90 despite the fact that it had tolls. I figured that the gas saved would make up for the tolls. That turned out to be an expensive mistake. What an absolute racket.
- gok 9y agoOf all of Illinois’ goofy taxes I find the tolls pretty reasonable actually. Especially since electronic tolling gets a 50% discount and often allows you to avoid stopping or even slowing down to pay. Compared to SFBA bridge tolls it’s downright pleasant.