U.S. Senate candidate, Don Tracy.

What I hear throughout the state, though, everywhere you go, the number one complaint, if you don't lead the voters into the question, is property taxes.

You know, Illinois has the highest property tax.

Though there's a debate.

Sometimes you get into a debate.

Are we tied with New Jersey? Isn't New Jersey a bit head on the leading state for property taxes? But recently, the most recent thing I saw is we were the number one in property taxes in our country.

It's like a second mortgage, you know, your people, seniors, you know, they paid off their first mortgage, but now they have to deal with the property taxes.

It's just, it's just, and it's not like it's, just a little bit.

I mean, I think we're more than twice what Florida property taxes are.

And yeah, I think we're more than twice.

I mean, you know, it's, I just saw something earlier this week that I think the taxes on a $400,000 house in Indiana are half of what they are in Illinois and certainly half of what they are in Cook County.

Now, how do you deal with that on the compound trail? And I'm not trying to say what you can or can't do, but as a U.S.

senator... you wouldn't really have a direct effect on property taxes necessarily in Illinois.

So what do you tell people on the campaign trail? And I understand that it's important to them and they want an answer.

So how do you give them a good answer without kind of overstepping, if you will?

I think everyone agrees that the cost of living or affordability is a big issue in this campaign.

And so that comes up next after property taxes.

And taxes are a part of the cost of living.

And Illinois is one of the highest cost of living states in the country because of taxes, including the property tax, but not just the property tax.

So when cost of living comes up, I make that point and that Illinois has the highest overall tax burden of any state, according to WalletHub.com. And that this is the model that my opponent Stratton wants to take to Washington, I guess, being maybe the highest tax country in the world.

But she calls, she actually talks about a blueprint that what they've done in Illinois, she brags about it.

She calls it the Illinois blueprint.

And that's what she wants to take to the United States, which I guess would be the highest tax country, the country with the worst credit rating.

Hey, maybe the murder country, murder capital of the world.

Chicago is the murder capital of the world in terms of murders.

So that's how I use it.

What I hear throughout the state, though, everywhere you go, the number one complaint, if you don't lead the voters into the question, is property taxes.

You know, Illinois has the highest property tax.

Though there's a debate.

Sometimes you get into a debate.

Are we tied with New Jersey? Isn't New Jersey a bit head on the leading state for property taxes? But recently, the most recent thing I saw is we were the number one in property taxes in our country.

It's like a second mortgage, you know, your people, seniors, you know, they paid off their first mortgage, but now they have to deal with the property taxes.

It's just, it's just, and it's not like it's, just a little bit.

I mean, I think we're more than twice what Florida property taxes are.

And yeah, I think we're more than twice.

I mean, you know, it's, I just saw something earlier this week that I think the taxes on a $400,000 house in Indiana are half of what they are in Illinois and certainly half of what they are in Cook County.

Now, how do you deal with that on the compound trail? And I'm not trying to say what you can or can't do, but as a U.S.

senator... you wouldn't really have a direct effect on property taxes necessarily in Illinois.

So what do you tell people on the campaign trail? And I understand that it's important to them and they want an answer.

So how do you give them a good answer without kind of overstepping, if you will?

I think everyone agrees that the cost of living or affordability is a big issue in this campaign.

And so that comes up next after property taxes.

And taxes are a part of the cost of living.

And Illinois is one of the highest cost of living states in the country because of taxes, including the property tax, but not just the property tax.

So when cost of living comes up, I make that point and that Illinois has the highest overall tax burden of any state, according to WalletHub.com. And that this is the model that my opponent Stratton wants to take to Washington, I guess, being maybe the highest tax country in the world.

But she calls, she actually talks about a blueprint that what they've done in Illinois, she brags about it.

She calls it the Illinois blueprint.

And that's what she wants to take to the United States, which I guess would be the highest tax country, the country with the worst credit rating.

Hey, maybe the murder country, murder capital of the world.

Chicago is the murder capital of the world in terms of murders.

So that's how I use it.