Jim Tobin, A Friend Of Liberty (1945-2021)
May 2nd, 2022
After destroying Chicago’s economy with her unconstitutional lockdowns, Lori “Lockdown”
Lightfoot is seeking a projected estimate of a $94 million dollar increase in Chicago’s
property tax. In response, the Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) has launched an
investigation to see whether the tax increases are justified.
Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker and his allies in the Democrat-controlled Illinois General Assembly are trying to convince voters that their constitutional amendment to the Illinois Constitution, on the November 3 statewide ballot, would create a “fair” graduated state income tax. They make the astonishing claim that taxes would be raised only on those who can afford it, and that middle- and lower-class families would not be adversely affected.
Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker and his cronies in the Democrat-controlled Illinois General Assembly are telling voters that their proposed constitutional amendment to the Illinois Constitution on the November 3 statewide ballot would be a “fair” tax increase. They make the astonishing claim that their proposed graduated state income tax would raise taxes only on those who can afford it, and that middle- and lower-class families would not be adversely affected. This is a barefaced lie.
In an example of excellent investigating reporting, the Southern Illinois News exposed a “folksy” misleading ad for the Pritzker so-called “fair tax” amendment to the Illinois Constitution on the November 3 ballot.
View As PDF The proposed so-called “fair tax” amendment to the Illinois Constitution on the November 3 ballot, sponsored by Springfield Democrats and pushed by Ill. Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker, is a...
View As PDF An analysis by the nonpartisan Washington-based Tax Foundation of the Democrat-sponsored amendment to the Ill. State Constitution confirms the worst fears of taxpayers if the amendment is approved on November...
The real purpose of Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker’s proposed “income theft amendment” on the November ballot is to shovel more taxpayer dollars into the lavish, gold-plated government pension funds that have made some retired government employees multi-millionaires, according to Jim Tobin, president of Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF).
View As PDF Better and constantly-evolving treatment methods are the key to lowering coronavirus deaths even as the number of infections increases, according to a report of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. The report...
View As PDF Even a left-wing international alliance of social activists now admits that more people could die from the lockdown-induced economic downturns than from the Corona virus itself, according to a report...
If the proposed graduated state income tax proposed by Illinois Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker is approved in the November 3 statewide election, retirement income of Illinois residents very likely will be taxed, a new study shows.