Pritzker sends another $250K in taxpayer money to group pushing more taxes

By Dylan Sharkey

08/23/2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget includes $250,000 for a group advocating for increased government spending and higher taxes. He gave the group money last year, too.

TAGS: CTBA: Center for Budget and Tax Accountability, JB Pritzker

‘Fair tax’ backers’ own data show progressive income tax hikes harm middle class the most

By Vincent Caruso

05/10/2019

An advocacy group backing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “fair tax” plan has argued a progressive income tax hike won’t affect middle-class Illinoisans. But its most recent report shows a middle-class tax hit is likely.

TAGS: CTBA: Center for Budget and Tax Accountability, fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

CTBA pension plan: Unsound, unfair and unaffordable

By Adam Schuster

11/26/2018

A pension plan pushed by one Illinois think tank fails to reform the state’s broken pension system and risks repeating costly mistakes. Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker shouldn’t be fooled and should instead endorse meaningful, lasting reform.

TAGS: CTBA: Center for Budget and Tax Accountability, debt, Edgar Ramp, JB Pritzker, Jim Edgar, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions

How to mislead Illinoisans into accepting higher taxes

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

05/03/2018

A new report would have Illinoisans believe that a progressive income tax means tax cuts and economic growth. Illinois lawmakers’ tax-and-spend tendencies and evidence from all 50 states say otherwise.

TAGS: CTBA: Center for Budget and Tax Accountability, deficit, GDP: gross domestic product, graduated income tax, income tax, jobs, progressive income tax, Ralph Martire, spending, spending cap, taxes

Tweaking payments won’t solve Illinois’ pension crisis

By Jonathan Ingram

06/05/2015

Changing the repayment plan to one based on flawed assumptions and bad accounting does nothing to shield taxpayers from the risks of an imperfect system.

Taxing sophistry

By Benjamin VanMetre

07/18/2013

Earlier this month, the Chicago Tribune published an editorial sounding the alarm on “the next Illinois tax hike” – a progressive tax. While many in the state have come to recognize this upcoming tax fight, others, such as Jan Goldberg of Riverside, Ill., refuse to admit the truth. In a recent letter to the editor titled “Benefits of a...

CTBA’s pension plan doesn’t fix the problem

By Jonathan Ingram

05/22/2013

Back in January, Ralph Martire of the union-backed Center for Tax and Budget Accountability proposedwhat he called a “solution” for Illinois’ pension crisis. This plan has been getting more attention lately. But before embracing it, lawmakers should ask: does this plan really solve the problem? After all, Martire’s plan is to leave the broken pension system untouched –...

TAGS: Senate Bill 1

Government has become increasingly dependent on top earners

By Benjamin VanMetre

03/31/2013

If there was any confusion over whether the income tax burden is progressive or regressive in the United States, a recent report by the Tax Foundation, Putting a Face on Americans Tax Returns, clears things up.

Opponents spar over income tax structure

12/31/2012

Just call it an opening skirmish in what portends to be a protracted conflict.

Progressive income tax: Money grab disguised as tax reform

By Lawrence McQuillan

10/10/2012

The problem In an interview with Huffington Post, Gov. Pat Quinn said that Illinois needs a progressive income tax.1 “That’s one of my goals before I stop breathing and I sure hope we can get that done in Illinois. Sooner rather than later,” he told the interviewer. The same forces that helped Quinn land the...

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Pritzker sends another $250K in taxpayer money to group pushing more taxes

‘Fair tax’ backers’ own data show progressive income tax hikes harm middle class the most

CTBA pension plan: Unsound, unfair and unaffordable

How to mislead Illinoisans into accepting higher taxes

Tweaking payments won’t solve Illinois’ pension crisis

Taxing sophistry

CTBA’s pension plan doesn’t fix the problem

Government has become increasingly dependent on top earners

Opponents spar over income tax structure

Progressive income tax: Money grab disguised as tax reform

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