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Too much government: Illinois' thousands of local governments

By Brian Costin |
CostinTHE PROBLEMIllinoisans suffer from the second-highest property tax rates in the nation.Their state is the third most corrupt in the nation.And driving this expensive and corrupt reality on the local level is the fact that Illinois has more units of local government than any other state in the nation. With 6,963 units of local government, Illinois beats its nearest competitor by more than 1,80