Illinois Business Alliance reacts to voters rejecting graduated income tax amendment

 

[November 05, 2020] 

Illinoisans overwhelmingly rejected the graduated income tax amendment – Gov. Pritzker's so-called "fair tax." Jared Carl, president of the Illinois Business Alliance, issued the following statement:

"Gov. Pritzker should take the defeat of the so-called 'fair tax' as a strong rebuke of his policies and his vision for Illinois. Voters sent a clear message that it's fundamentally unfair to increase taxes on small businesses to pay for the problems caused by years of failure by the state government.

"We urge the governor to heed the call of voters to fix the state's finances without putting a greater burden on the middle class and business owners. Voters won't send more money to corrupt and dysfunctional Springfield. 

It's time for Springfield to enact meaningful pension, spending, and property tax reform. It's time for the governor to end the unnecessary economic shutdown and immediately cease his arbitrary 'mitigation' efforts. It's time to allow business owners to resume full operations and put people back to work."

[Illinois Business Alliance]