Comments on: State: ‘There is no money’ http://elburnherald.com/10053/2010/03/12/state-%e2%80%98there-is-no-money%e2%80%99/ Over 100 Years of Dedicated Service Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: RM http://elburnherald.com/10053/2010/03/12/state-%e2%80%98there-is-no-money%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-397 RM Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:59:12 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=10053#comment-397 All states have taxation in one form or another. Government doesn’t provide services for free. I’m not aware of any states that don’t have a sales tax but there are some without a state income tax. In those states, sales taxes, property taxes and fees are huge. In the case of Alaska, they bilk the oil industry for a big chunk of money. So you could say we all pay for Alaska not having a state income tax.

]]> By: Fred http://elburnherald.com/10053/2010/03/12/state-%e2%80%98there-is-no-money%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Fred Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:43:13 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=10053#comment-395 Actually RM, some states don’t have a sales tax. We pay plenty to the state, they just can’t manage it wisely. I agree that we should probably start over rather than expect those holding office now to deliver when they have already proven year over year they are unable.

]]> By: RM http://elburnherald.com/10053/2010/03/12/state-%e2%80%98there-is-no-money%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-394 RM Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:33:00 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=10053#comment-394 Compared to other states, we don’t pay a “good” portion of taxes to the state. 3% is peanuts. That’s why we have to keep paying higher and higher property taxes. When your property taxes are double your income tax, something is seriously wrong.

You can bet that Hatcher had zero ideas to properly fund education. She needs to be given the boot. She isn’t doing her job. Like most politicians, she is only working for herself with token acts for the people.

Gutting all social programs and education is not an answer. All political placeholders need to be voted out and we need to start from scratch with people of action instead of words.

]]> By: Elburnite http://elburnherald.com/10053/2010/03/12/state-%e2%80%98there-is-no-money%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Elburnite Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:56:47 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=10053#comment-393 I don’t understand this. We pay a good portion of taxes to the state to fund our schools so our children are properly educated, and they say they don’t have any money to support the schools. Who’s getting all the money? Gov. Quinn wants to raise our taxes by 1%, claiming the additional funds will go to the schools. There are no policies in place to follow the money and make sure that the classroom and teachers are provided for. The money would most likely go to bureaucrats or upper level school administration. I’m really disappointed that I’ve been paying taxes for many years towards education and now that I have children entering the school system, they will not recieve a proper education.

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