The Democrats’ Big, Beautiful Mass Transit tax hike bill not only increased mas transit sales taxes in McHenry Couty by 33%, but it also hike toll taxes by 60%.
Did the math-challenged staff at WGN-TV figure this out?
No, they did not.
It the station’s story Thursday, WGN concentrated on the 30% toll tax hike for trucks.
“For passenger vehicles, the toll increase is modest, a flat 45-cent hike for toll crossings,” the piece says right after and before talking about the 30% hike for truckers.
And reporter Joey Schneider couldn’t even figure out that the take from the increased toll taxes will stay with the Toll Authority:
“The funding generated by these changes is expected to provide more than $1 billion annually for public transit agencies in northern Illinois and help prevent service cuts and fare hikes for bus and rail riders.”
