4 lessons Illinois should learn from Connecticut’s ‘fair tax’ failure

By Vincent Caruso

03/11/2019

Only one state has switched its income tax structure from flat to progressive in the past 30 years. Its disastrous results may explain why.

TAGS: Connecticut, fair tax, income inequality, income tax, JB Pritzker, poverty, progressive income tax, taxes

Progressively worse: Pritzker’s tax push has a dangerous precedent

By Austin Berg

03/07/2019

The last state to take Pritzker’s path should serve as a bright red flag to Illinoisans weighing whether to back him.

TAGS: Connecticut, fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, jobs, poverty, progressive income tax, taxes, unemployment

Progressive income taxes don’t reduce income inequality

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill

03/05/2019

Despite Illinois’ governor’s claims, states with progressive income taxes face greater gaps between rich and poor.

TAGS: income inequality, income tax, JB Pritzker, poverty, progressive income tax, taxes

Front lines of a broken state

By Austin Berg

10/30/2015

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What happens to a family that can’t afford to leave Illinois?

TAGS: jobs, poverty, unemployment

Illinois’ warped welfare system traps families in poverty

By Austin Berg

06/20/2015

A new report from the Illinois Policy Institute details an insidious poverty trap created by the “welfare cliff.”

TAGS: poverty, welfare

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Bureaucrats over classrooms: Illinois wastes millions of education dollars on unnecessary layers of administration

Illinoisans pay large sums for public education, yet a large portion of the money goes to Illinois’ bloated school district bureaucracy that diverts resources away from the classroom. Through smart, strategic reforms, Illinoisans can better prepare their youth for the future as well as provide property tax relief.

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