Because I want to make sure we have the money to pay for the programs that I think are so important for our state, whether it's healthcare or education or which. Illinois was just going down the tubes. It was. The education funding was going down and down and as a percentage from the state of paying for and our, of paying for education and the, the portion that was required of locals, property taxes was going up and up and up. So property taxes are going through the roof for everybody and the state is stepping out of education over the years. That doesn't make sense. Any sense at all. (41:33–41:50)
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Asserts that state funding for education in Illinois was decreasing while local property taxes were increasing.
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