Texas Is Talking Tax Cuts. Illinois? More Hikes

Texas is talking tax cuts. Illinois? More hikes

The phrase “there are two Americas” has many meanings. It can mean that there are two justice systems: one for the rich and one for the poor. It can mean right and left. Rural and urban. Ketchup and …...

Editorial: Texas is talking tax cuts. Illinois? More hikes. – Chicago Tribune*

"This isn’t a pro-Texas, anti-Illinois commentary. This is an endorsement of good ideas, common sense and getting to work addressing big fiscal problems.  ... Here in Illinois, the best we’ve managed to do is form working groups to study our state’s property tax problem — which is among the worst in the country — and then move on without real action. That pattern reflects a broader political culture of denial, as if ordinary families aren’t stru…