Jeff Trigg’s letter was published in Crain’s Chicago Business that pointed out ridiculous electricity tax rates. “Illinois consumers of electricity are paying an overabundance of taxes that increase what consumers pay for electricity by more than 10% in many areas of the state and more than 15% in Chicago.”
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The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization today responded to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s April 27 statement in which he supported substantially and permanently increasing the Illinois state income tax in exchange for a temporary, nominal decrease in property taxes. Jim Tobin, president of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), said Illinois public schools are drowning in taxpayer dollars rather than being “under funded,” and called upon state legislators to cut spending rather than increasing the tax burden on overtaxed Illinois taxpayers. Read more →
The Daily Herald remembers who distributed the above slogan on a Christina Tobin designed bumper sticker in 2000 from a John Patterson page one Sunday story comparing George Ryan’s corruption with other states.
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