Allen Skillicorn, the Republican candidate in House District 66, recently wrote a letter to the editor of a local newspaper in which he said politicians’ performances should determine their pay.
“Illinois has the second highest property taxes of any state,” Skillicorn wrote. “Illinois’s cumulative tax burden is one of the highest in the nation. With all the taxes we pay, shouldn’t we have fully funded pensions? Shouldn’t we have the best schools in the nation? Shouldn’t we have the most glorious roads with no tolls? Shouldn’t our population be going up, not down?”
Skillicorn went on to point out that Illinois is one of the nation’s worst-ranked states in these areas despite some having of the highest taxes, and Illinois lawmakers are in the top five in terms of pay for part-time work.
“If elected state representative, I will file bills to end lawmaker pensions and tie lawmaker pay to job performance on the first day," Skillicorn said in his letter. "If Illinois’ population keeps going down, politicians get a pay cut. If unfunded liabilities go up, cut their pay. If they don’t pass a balanced budget, then no paycheck. This is how it works in the private sector," he wrote.
“If politicians don’t like it, they should either find work elsewhere or start doing their jobs,” Skillicorn said in the letter.
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