Front Group “A+ Illinois” Pushes 67% State Income Tax Increase To Pad Salary And Pension Benefits Of Government Employees
CHICAGO-The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization today charged that the organization, “A+ Illinois,” was attempting to deceive Illinois taxpayers by misrepresenting its proposed state income tax increase as “modest,” and that the benefits from such an increase would not help students in public schools but, rather, pad the obscenely large salaries and pensions of [...]
NTUI Releases Open Letter To Illinois Congressional Delegation Opposing Incrase In Federal Cigarette Excise Tax.
Dear Illinois Representative in Congress, As a taxpayer in Illinois, I urge you to oppose any increase in federal cigarette excise taxes. Raising federal cigarette excise tax rates from $.31 per pack to $1.00 per pack, a 222% increase, will burden the state of Illinois’ budget, the Illinois economy, and many Illinois families.
ITEF Comment Vol. XIII Issue 5
No “Revenue Crisis” As Total State Revenue Climbs $2.8 Billion In FY 2007 For the fifth year in a row, since ITEF began tracking state revenue, total Illinois state revenue is up from the previous year, according to data from the Illinois Comptroller’s website. In the past year-Fiscal Year 2007 starting July 1, 2006, and [...]
