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Posts tagged Illinois Policy Institute
Hedge clippings
Billionaire Ken Griffin bails out fellow hedge fund in ‘meme stock’ raid after leading fight against graduated income tax
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Ted CoxKen Griffin, Meme Stocks, GameStop, Melvin Capital, Reddit, r/Wallstreetbets, Robinhood, Hertz, Kodak, AMC, Nokia, Blackberry, Bed Bath & Beyond, Blockbuster Video, Citadel Investments, Steve Cohen, Point72, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Policy Institute, John Tillman, Warlander Asset Management, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin
COVID relief is not a shell game
It’s absurd to use stimulus funding to simply pay off debts, for states as well as individual taxpayers
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Federal Reserve, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Susana Mendoza, Joe Biden, Illinois Policy Institute, Rebuild Illinois, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, Steve Mnuchin, Rural Broadband
Daily Debunk: Fund schools, cut property taxes
Cook Assessor Kaegi says adequate education funding will ease pressure on property taxes
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Fritz Kaegi, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Policy Institute, Quentin Fulks, Daniel Biss, Illinois Property Taxes, Andy Manar, Civic Federation
Daily Debunk: The shadow politics
Republicans seek win on Fair Tax Amendment even as ‘nobody knows it’s their thing’
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Ted CoxRichard Uihlein, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Kenneth Griffin, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Christopher Mooney, David Merriman, University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Joe Biden, Thomas Kilbride, Illinois Party Politics, Jim Durkin, Illinois Policy Institute, Tax Flight, Illinois Exodus
Frerichs decries anti-tax 'mudslinging, dirty tricks'
Treasurer insists unequivocally, ‘There is no plan to tax retirement income’
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Daily Debunk: General Assembly has the power — no more, no less
Springfield legislators already control tax policy
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Daily Debunk, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Pensions, UIC, Government Finance Research Center, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker
Daily Debunk: What could be more fair?
Flat tax rate is regressive by definition and benefits the wealthy, while inequities are balanced out by the Fair Tax
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Daily Debunk: The desperation stage
Billionaire Griffin spends $27M more to defeat Fair Tax Amendment, as IPI files 11th-hour nuisance suit
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Kenneth Griffin, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Illinois State Board of Elections, Daniel Biss, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fair Tax, Vote Yes for Fairness, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Illinois Policy Institute, John Tillman, Jesse White, Susana Mendoza, John Bouman
Daily Debunk: The art of the non sequitur
Fair Tax Amendment opponents can’t help polishing their clouded crystal balls
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Daily Debunk: Government is not a business
Tying spending to economic growth is a terrible idea guaranteed to worsen downturns
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No way out
Fiscal conservatives back bailouts for oil, aviation, banks, hedge funds, but when it comes to aid for states the well is dry
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, John Tillman, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Frank Manzo IV, Jill Gigstad, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Carol Knowles, Mitch McConnell, Rebuild Illinois, Bruce Rauner
'Silicon Six' cyberbehemoths slick at skirting taxes, says study
IPI pulls boner on ‘Netflix and chill’
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Ted CoxSilicon Six, Illinois Policy Institute, Netflix, Netflix and Chill, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Fair Tax Mark, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Paul Monaghan, Bernie Sanders, Robert Reich, Chevron, Eli Lily, Rahm Emanuel, Urban Dictionary
Something we can all agree on: A fair tax
‘This isn’t about punishing the rich; it’s about creating a system that’s more equitable for everyone’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Dan Proft, Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Bill Brady, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Illinois Fair Tax Calculator, Illinois Policy Institute, William McNary, Citizen Action Illinois
Analysis: 'It's not California here'
Conservatives keep threatening, without much justification, that the rich will be driven from the state by Gov. Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’
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Ted CoxIllinois Policy Institute, Wall Street Journal, California Taxes, Illinois Fair Tax, Elizabeth Cook, J.B. Pritzker, BGA, Jerry Brown, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax
IPI: Rich to pay more under Pritzker fair tax
The conservative anti-taxers find rich folks who live alongside other rich folks in rich towns are apt to pay more on a graduated income tax
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Government should invest in its people — literally
Biss, Pawar urge use of pension funds as ‘activist investor for the public good’
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Illinois optimism rises, even as residents consider moving
Taxes are everything to some people intent on running the state down
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Ted CoxCenter Square, Illinois Policy Institute, J.B. Pritzker, University of Illinois at Springfield, Illinois Population Loss, Illinois Taxes, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, SIU Carbondale, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, BGA, Bill Brady
No single solution to pension plight
Sen. Steans, Civic Federation’s Msall, IPI’s Schuster agree on problem, urge action
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Ted CoxIllinois Pension Crisis, Illinois Pensions, Illinois Pension Reform, Maggiano's Banquets, City Club of Chicago, Laurence Msall, Heather Steans, Adam Schuster, Illinois Policy Institute, Civic Federation, Kristen McQueary, J.B. Pritzker, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Rahm Emanuel, John Cullerton, Lori Lightfoot
IPI head files 'garbage' suit on bonds
‘This lawsuit is not worth the paper it’s written on,’ says Pritzker spokeswoman
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Why can't a Democrat be more like a Republican?
At least when it comes to crafting — and sticking to — a compelling narrative on taxes
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Ted CoxIllinois Policy Institute, IPI, J.B. Pritzker, Bernie Sanders, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Bruce Rauner, Richard Uihlein, Grover Norquist, Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Better Government Association, BGA