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Posts tagged Kenneth Griffin
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 CoxFair 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 CoxWill 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
The headless horseman of Illinois politics
Ghost of Bruce Rauner’s austerity agenda rose up, financed by Ken Griffin, and rode roughshod over the state, but how did it sway voters?
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Ted CoxHeadless Horseman, Bruce Rauner, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, University of Illinois at Chicago, Christopher Mooney, Thomas Kilbride, 2020 Presidential Election, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Citizens for Judicial Fairness, Illinois Sunshine, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Daily Debunk: Endless austerity
Fair Tax opponents are arguing about everything but a graduated income tax in a bid to hogtie state gov’t
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Kenneth Griffin, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, Citadel Investments
Daily Debunk: Flat tax drags on revenue
It deliberately makes tax hikes difficult, while Fair Tax taps economy where it’s expanding
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Daily Debunk, Greg Baise, Coalition for Jobs Growth and Prosperity, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Pension Crisis, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, Sue Rezin, Barack Obama, J.B. Pritzker, Kenneth Griffin, Daniel Biss
Daily Debunk: Wheel of Billionaires
Vote Yes for Fair Tax launches website lampooning disinformation campaign funded by wealthy anti-taxers
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Ted CoxCoalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Vote Yes for Fair Tax, Vote Yes for Fairness, Sam Zell, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, Billionaires Against Fair Tax, Citadel Investments, Daniel Biss, Quentin Fulks
Daily Debunk: Tax income where it's growing — with the wealthy
Some are profiting mightily during COVID collapse
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Ted CoxCoalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Daily Debunk, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Flat Tax, Barack Obama, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investments, Richard Uihlein, Sam Zell, Daniel Biss, Joseph Stiglitz
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
Daily Debunk: A matter of trust
Comptroller Mendoza says if we can’t trust government, ‘we should trust what’s in the best interest of our own wallet’
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Susana Mendoza, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investments
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: Small-biz owners are no different from anyone else
If they clear $250K, they’ll pay a slightly higher rate under Fair Tax
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Small Businesses, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Kenneth Griffin, Jeff Friedman, Home Plate Bar and Grill, J.B. Pritzker, BGA, AARP Illinois, U.S. Small Business Administration, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Ralph Martire, University of Illinois, J. Fred Giertz, Pat Quinn
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: Nix the fix
Naysayers cite state’s past ‘fiscal mismanagement’ — which is exactly the problem the Fair Tax targets
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kenneth Griffin, Commercial Club of Chicago, Daily Debunk, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Child-care workers blast Griffin for 'stalled' funds
SEIU Healthcare Ill. charges billionaire gave $40M to congressional Republicans and to defeat Fair Tax Amendment
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Ted CoxKenneth Griffin, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Joslyn Ewing-Brown, Citadel Investments, Maggie Laslo, Bruce Rauner, Child Care Assistance Program, Child Care Is Essential Act, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Janette Wilson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Tahiti Hamer, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Daily Debunk: Table scraps from billionaires
We don’t need the occasional bike path; we need billionaires like Ken Griffin simply to pay their fair share
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Ted CoxFair Tax Amendment, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Fair Tax, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investments, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, Illinois State Board of Elections, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Daniel Biss, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Corporate Subsidies, Corporate Welfare, Martin Luther King, AIG, Great Recession
Red-herring tax argument smells like dead fish
Studies show little if any connection between taxes and people leaving the state
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Dan Proft, Ralph Martire, Allison Flanagan, Chicago Reporter, Curtis Black, Illinois Exodus, Bruce Rauner, Pat Quinn, Better Government Association, BGA, Illinois Department of Revenue, Cristobal Young, Tax Flight, Kenneth Griffin, J.B. Pritzker
Flat tax: 'Subsidy for wealthiest Illinoisans'
Study backs Fair Tax Amendment, says current tax system worsens income inequality, ‘wealth gap’
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Lisa Christensen Gee, J.B. Pritzker, Income Inequality, Donald Trump, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel, Daniel Biss, Tax Inequity, Racial Inequities
