Nearly one-third of the cell phone bills in Illinois are taxes

Lightfoot’s budget depends on borrowing and property tax hikes.

A typical Chicago homeowner faces up to $255 in potential property tax increases to cover city and school deficits. City income taxes could be next, if the ‘fair tax’ were to pass.

Multiple members of the governor’s inner circle have publicly backed retirement taxes, even though Pritzker now denies he will use his “fair tax” on the state’s seniors.

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.

Illinois politicians are already talking about taxing retirees, adding “surcharges” and city income taxes if they can convince voters to abandon the Illinois Constitution’s flat tax protection and give lawmakers greater taxing power.

Passing the progressive tax would empower state lawmakers to go after seniors’ retirement income.

Illinois could be the next state to tax retirement income if voters approve the progressive income tax in November.