Pritzker ‘fair tax’ group pays over $10,000 to push fake tweet
Pritzker ‘fair tax’ group pays over $10,000 to push fake tweet
Vote Yes for Fairness misled Illinois voters by running ads based on a fake Twitter account. Gov. J.B. Pritzker almost single-handedly is funding the group.
If ‘fair tax’ passes, expect more seniors to leave Illinois looking to avoid retirement tax
If ‘fair tax’ passes, expect more seniors to leave Illinois looking to avoid retirement tax
Illinois would have lost an additional 10,577 seniors from 2012 to 2018 if outmigration were as severe as in Connecticut, the last state to enact a progressive income tax.
By Adam Schuster, Bryce Hill
S&P: Illinois faces junk rating, large budget deficit even with progressive tax revenue
S&P: Illinois faces junk rating, large budget deficit even with progressive tax revenue
A credit rating agency found Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ would fail to close the state’s deficit or adequately fund essential services.
By Adam Schuster
Progressive income tax would create 50.3% income tax rate for small businesses
Progressive income tax would create 50.3% income tax rate for small businesses
Combined state and federal income taxes would have small businesses pay more than 50% of their top-end income in taxes.
By Bryce Hill
Pritzker revenue director sponsored bill to tax retirement income
Pritzker revenue director sponsored bill to tax retirement income
Taxing retirement income is not a new idea to Illinois politicians, but denying they want to tax seniors is new since that part of the “fair tax” plan slipped out.
Don Wojtowicz: retired Chicago police officer
Don Wojtowicz: retired Chicago police officer
“The real damage is going to be farther down the road. How could there not be further tax hikes down the road, when you look at how deep the state is in the hole already?”
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.