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Posts tagged Fair Tax Amendment
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
Daily Debunk: Millionaires don't flee taxes
Yet Fair Tax opponents persist in repeating ‘baseless canard’ about ‘tax flight’
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Greg Baise, Coalition for Jobs Growth and Prosperity, BGA, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, Illinois Exodus, Tax Flight, Sue Rezin, Daniel Biss, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Our neighborhoods need a Fair Tax
Flat tax has worsened inequality, segregation in Chicago and across state
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Flat Tax, Harish Patel, Dorian Warren, Income Inequality, Working Families, Community Change, Economic Security for Illinois
Daily Debunk: Nothing is perfect
But Fair Tax Amendment, supporters say, is key first step to solving many state problems
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, J.B. Pritzker, Daniel Biss, Illinois Pensions, Illinois Rainy Day Fund, Illinois Flat Tax
Daily Debunk: Who pays?
Rather than pay their share under the Fair Tax, the wealthy are trying to make everyone pay more
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Daily Debunk: Taxes are too damn high!
But on who, points out former Democratic governor candidate Daniel Biss
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Lincoln Forum, Union League Club of Chicago, Wintrust Bank, Ed Wehmer, J.B. Pritzker, Daniel Biss, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Income Inequality
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: The 'conservative bugaboo' of 'tax flight'
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial backs Fair Tax Amendment
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Illinois Exodus, Tax Flight, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Dan Proft, Ralph Martire
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: When taxes entice residents
Good schools attract new residents, and what’s one of the main keys to public education?
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Illinois Public Schools, Illinois Public Universities, BGA, Stephen Mihm, Charles Tiebout, Illinois Exodus, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Chris Lain, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Bruce Rauner
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: Seniors rail at 'lies' against Fair Tax
Groups insist it will bolster senior services like Meals on Wheels and reemphasize that retirement income won’t be taxed
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Ted CoxIllinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Charles Johnson, AARP Illinois, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, Jane Addams Seniors in Action, Don Todd, Carmen Betances, Wendy Edgington, Ruth Maskow, J.B. Pritzker
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
Londrigan, Davis clash over health care
Congressman claims bipartisanship while acting as co-chairman of state Trump campaign
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Ted CoxRodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Donald Trump, CARES Act, Paycheck Protection Program, Nancy Pelosi, Trump Taxes, Michael Madigan, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Exelon, Abortion Rights, Illinois Abortion Rights, Fair Tax Amendment, Future Energy Jobs Act
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: Women, minorities gain, not lose, in Fair Tax
Graduated income tax repairs decades of inequities
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Daily Debunk, Berkeley Research Group, J.B. Pritzker, AARP Illinois, Illinois Small Businesses, League of Women Voters of Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Illinois NOW, Mujeres Latinas en Accion, Women's March Chicago, Women Employed, Jennifer Welch, Cherita Ellens, Maria Gonzalez, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Illinois Flat Tax, Charles Ferguson, Predator Nation
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
