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Posts tagged Illinois Political Divide
Trib: Don't blame us for Fair Tax flop
After egging on Republican anti-taxers, newspaper edit board insists voters alone sank graduated income tax
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Ted Cox December 17, 2020 Fair Tax Amendment , Chicago Tribune , J.B. Pritzker , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , Illinois Political Divide , Illinois Politics , University of Illinois at Chicago , Government Finance Research Center , Illinois Flat Tax , Will Guzzardi , Joe Biden , Dick Tuck , Bill Brady , Kenneth Griffin , Richard Uihlein , Jim Durkin , Christopher Mooney , Bruce Rauner , Denny Jacobs
Communication breakdown
Rep. Guzzardi says Fair Tax proponents didn’t articulate need for revenue and how it would ‘help people’s lives’
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Ted Cox December 9, 2020 Will Guzzardi , Fair Tax Amendment , Political Divide , Joe Biden , Donald Trump , Rich Miller , Dick Durbin , Capitol Fax , Illinois Political Divide , Kenneth Griffin , Michael Madigan , ComEd Bribery
Rep. Mah: Springfield partisan divide exaggerated, but not on taxes
Fair Tax failure could lead to tax hike combined with new exemptions
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Ted Cox November 12, 2020 Theresa Mah , Illinois Political Divide , Urban vs. Rural , Fair Tax Amendment , Illinois House Progressive Caucus , Paul Simon Public Policy Institute , Southern Illinois University , Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , COVID-19 Relief , Coronavirus Relief , Earned Income Tax Credit , Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community , Tammy Duckworth , Pat Quinn , Jesus "Chuy" Garcia , Illinois Farm Bureau , Adopt-a-Legislator
Negative TV ads on corruption swayed tax vote
UIC Prof Simpson says GOP also benefited from door-to-door canvassing in pandemic
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Ted Cox November 5, 2020 Dick Simpson , Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , Fair Tax Amendment , Michael Madigan , ComEd Bribery , 2020 Presidential Election , Joe Biden , Donald Trump , Lori Lightfoot , Political Polarization , Political Divide , Illinois Political Divide
Illinois optimism on the rise
Illinoisans across all areas and demographics find quality of life to be ‘good’
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Ted Cox March 22, 2019 J.B. Pritzker , Donald Trump , Bruce Rauner , Michael Madigan , Dick Durbin , Paul Simon Public Policy Institute , SIU Carbondale , Illinois Political Divide , Pritzker Approval Rating , Trump Approval Rating , Illinois Minimum Wage , Illinois Working Families , Illinois Independent Maps , Term Limits , Illinois Quality of Life , John Jackson , Charlie Leonard
Pritzker: 'We are one Illinois'
In Quincy debate, Democrat counters Rauner’s divisiveness with message of statewide unity and optimism
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Ted Cox October 11, 2018 Bruce Rauner , J.B. Pritzker , Grayson "Kash" Jackson , Sam McCann , WGEM-TV , Illinois Political Divide , Illinois Working Families , Progressive Income Tax , Sports Betting , Legal Marijuana , Quincy Veterans Home , Sterigenics , Lisa Madigan , Donald Trump , Trump Trade War , Illinois Soybean Growers , Minimum Wage , Illinois Higher Education , Illinois Education , Illinois Education Funding , Andy Manar
Everybody hurts
But contrary to public perception, downstate Illinois gets back much more in state revenue than it puts in, with Chicago and its suburbs footing the bill
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Ted Cox August 14, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Michael Madigan , Paul Simon , Paul Simon Policy Institute , Southern Illinois University , SIU Carbondale , Illinois Politics , Illinois Political Divide , Illinois Policy Institute , John Jackson , John Foster
