Illinois retirees file lawsuit over biased ballot language on progressive tax
Illinois retirees file lawsuit over biased ballot language on progressive tax
The lawsuit challenges the language that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot asking whether voters want to scrap Illinois’ constitutional flat tax guarantee – opening the door to a retirement tax.
By Austin Berg
Inflation ensures progressive tax hike will hit an increasing number of Illinoisans
Inflation ensures progressive tax hike will hit an increasing number of Illinoisans
Within 20 years the portion of Illinoisans hit with the progressive tax hike would grow by over 150% if the rate of inflation mirrored the past two decades.
By Joe Tabor
Not registered and it’s Election Day? You can still vote
Not registered and it’s Election Day? You can still vote
Illinois allows you to register and vote on Election Day, which this year gives you a voice on your income taxes.
Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ makes city income taxes more likely
Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ makes city income taxes more likely
If the Illinois Constitution is amended to allow different income tax rates, expect cities to try to impose their own income taxes.
By Amy Korte
Exemptions and deductions give low-income Illinoisans less than half tax rate of ‘rich’
Exemptions and deductions give low-income Illinoisans less than half tax rate of ‘rich’
Illinois’ tax code already protects the poor and middle class from paying as high a rate as billionaires, meaning the ‘fair tax’ is really about lawmaker taxing power.
By Bryce Hill
Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ is really an ‘anything goes tax,’ with no taxpayer protections
Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ is really an ‘anything goes tax,’ with no taxpayer protections
Lawmakers scrapped any requirement that the progressive income tax be ‘fair,’ giving Springfield a blank check when it comes to taxing income.
By Joe Tabor
Pritzker progressive tax campaign wastes over $200K on ads in California, Texas
Pritzker progressive tax campaign wastes over $200K on ads in California, Texas
Pushing a $3.7 billion tax hike to people who can’t vote in Illinois is an unusual way to spend some of Pritzker’s $56.5 million donation.
Pritzker administration threatens 20% tax hike on everyone ‘regardless of their level of income’
Pritzker administration threatens 20% tax hike on everyone ‘regardless of their level of income’
While acknowledging the harm it would do to the state economy and working Illinoisans, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton claimed lawmakers would be ‘forced’ to look at hiking everyone’s taxes due to the budget crisis.
By Adam Schuster
Hard to trust Illinois politicians who won’t trust voters with the truth
Hard to trust Illinois politicians who won’t trust voters with the truth
The political cost for raising taxes is exactly why the constitution’s authors created a flat tax protection. About 30% of the lawmakers from the 100th Illinois General Assembly were gone after passing the 2017 income tax hike.
By Brad Weisenstein
LaHood files Taxpayer Protection Act to stop blank-check bailouts of mismanaged states, fix Illinois’ pension crisis
LaHood files Taxpayer Protection Act to stop blank-check bailouts of mismanaged states, fix Illinois’ pension crisis
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood filed legislation in the U.S. House to ensure federal money supports essential government services during the COVID-19 pandemic – not mountains of pre-existing state and local debt and financial mismanagement.
By Adam Schuster
Report: Illinois fiscal health again 2nd worst in U.S.
Report: Illinois fiscal health again 2nd worst in U.S.
Each Illinois taxpayers owes $52,000, thanks to politicians spending more than they already take in. On Nov. 3 taxpayers will be asked for even more.
Official Illinois progressive tax explainer ranges from misleading to wrong
Official Illinois progressive tax explainer ranges from misleading to wrong
Progressive income tax proponents put factually inaccurate and misleading claims into a constitutionally required pamphlet intended to inform voters about a proposed amendment.
By Adam Schuster
Illinois Tollway shows how political promises are easily broken
Illinois Tollway shows how political promises are easily broken
Illinois tolls were supposed to be temporary. A progressive tax is only supposed to hurt 3% of Illinoisans. Political promises mean little in Illinois.
When Illinois politicians call taxes ‘temporary’ or ‘fair,’ they won’t be
When Illinois politicians call taxes ‘temporary’ or ‘fair,’ they won’t be
Illinois lawmakers make many promises about tax increases. Then they break those promises.