`
Posts tagged Illinois Flat Tax
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
Read More
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
Daily Debunk: Flat tax drags on revenue
It deliberately makes tax hikes difficult, while Fair Tax taps economy where it’s expanding
Read More
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: Tax income where it's growing — with the wealthy
Some are profiting mightily during COVID collapse
Read More
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
Our neighborhoods need a Fair Tax
Flat tax has worsened inequality, segregation in Chicago and across state
Read More
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: Most farmers gain in Fair Tax
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability debunks resistance from Illinois Farm Bureau
Read More
Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farms, Allison Flanagan, Illinois Corporate Tax
Daily Debunk: Nothing is perfect
But Fair Tax Amendment, supporters say, is key first step to solving many state problems
Read More
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
Frerichs decries anti-tax 'mudslinging, dirty tricks'
Treasurer insists unequivocally, ‘There is no plan to tax retirement income’
Read More
Daily Debunk: When taxes entice residents
Good schools attract new residents, and what’s one of the main keys to public education?
Read More
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
Read More
Daily Debunk: Women, minorities gain, not lose, in Fair Tax
Graduated income tax repairs decades of inequities
Read More
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
Flat tax: 'Subsidy for wealthiest Illinoisans'
Study backs Fair Tax Amendment, says current tax system worsens income inequality, ‘wealth gap’
Read More
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
Rock against regressive taxes
Jeff Tweedy, Neko Case, Twin Peaks, Mekons, Waco Bros., music critics and other writers back Fair Tax Amendment
Read More
Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, Neko Case, Twin Peaks, Mekons, Waco Brothers, Tony Adler, Martha Bayne, Chicago Reader, Sally Timms, Jon Langford, Dean Schlabowske, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Sam Tuttle, J.B. Pritzker, Mike Oquendo, Gordan Quinn, Kartemquin Films, Bob Hercules, Maya Angelou, Vote Yes for Fair Tax, Artists & Writers for Fair Tax
Fair tax: Good for what ails state in pandemic
Rich corporations snatching up coronavirus relief funds suddenly turn green in the face when it comes time to pay something back
Read More
Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Donald Trump, Ralph Martire, Abbott Laboratories, Thermo Fisher Scientific, John Tillman, Eric Zorn, Mitch McConnell, Don Harmon, Illinois Pensions
Fair tax polls ahead of required 60 percent supermajority
Annual Simon Poll also finds support for millionaire tax, fair maps
Read More
Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, J.B. Pritzker, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Simon Poll, SIU Carbondale, Illinois Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, John Jackson, Eric Zorn, Illinois Corruption, Illinois Pensions, Illinois Pension Reform, National Institute on Retirement Security
Graduated income taxes are actually more stable
Study from 2010s debunks threats that fair tax will be ‘manipulated’ to hit middle class
Read More
Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, University of Illinois at Chicago, Government Finance Research Center, J.B. Pritzker, Bill Brady, Amanda Kass, David Merriman, Dan Proft, BGA, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
Tax flight: Myth versus reality
Anti-taxers say the fair tax will prompt rich residents to flee state, but two studies find that prediction patently unfair
Read More
Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, J.B. Pritzker, American Sociological Association, Illinois Population Loss, Tax Flight, Justin Fox, Will Guzzardi, Chuck Weaver, BGA, Dan Proft, Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
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’
Read More
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
Why do we tolerate income inequality?
Harvard Business Review study has potential impact on ‘fair tax’ debate
Read More
Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Harvard Business Review, Gini Index, Bernie Sanders, Income Inequality, U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois Tax Rate, Ralph Martire, Dan Proft, J.B. Pritzker, Steven Greenhouse
A taxing debate
Conservative Dan Proft goes at it over ‘fair tax’ with Ralph Martire of Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Read More
Ted CoxDan Proft, Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Illinois Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Population, Paul Krugman, Federation of Tax Administrators, J.B. Pritzker
'Jobs tax' debunked
Study of Illinois, neighboring states finds no connection between jobs, tax rate
Read More
Ted CoxElizabeth Austin, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, State Tax Rates, Illinois Jobs, Illinois Employment, Better Government Association, BGA, Ideas Illinois
