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WalletHub researchers report each Illinois household will spend
an average of $13,099, or roughly 17% of their income, in 2025,
adding families earning the median income of $79,004 will pay
$4,472 more than the national average, or nearly 52% more.
State Sen. Craig Wilcox, R-McHenry, is urging Illinois voters to
raise their voices amid the reports of Illinois’ tax rates that
are the highest in the country.
“We should not give this majority party another penny until they
can prove how they've been spending taxpayer dollars,” Wilcox
told The Center Square.
Democrats have supermajorities in both legislative chambers and
every statewide constitutional office like governor and
comptroller are held by Democrats.
“We know there's waste, fraud, and abuse in Illinois,” Wilcox
said. “We see it every budget the last two years. Democrats give
pork barrel projects to their members of the legislature and
they exclude all of the Republicans, which make up arguably 45
to 50% of the population. They are playing games with taxpayer
dollars.”
Wilcox said all the high taxes are coming at a steep price for
the state with recent Census Bureau data showing the state lost
population for at least eight consecutive years, only slowing
the trend in 2023 on the strength of a massive spike in new
international migration.
In addition, a recent survey found more than 50% of voters
polled agreed if given the chance they too would move out of
state with high taxes being their primary motivation.
Wilcox argues none of it has to be.
“It is absolutely theft of residents' hard-earned dollars,” he
said. “It costs us economic opportunities; it costs us
employment opportunities; it costs us people moving out of the
state and it causes businesses to not expand or grow here. We
need government out of the way of individuals, out of the way of
businesses, out of the way of residents.”
With the state also being home to the second highest property
taxes in the country, data shows almost three out of every five
state residents believe the value of public service they receive
is not worth what they pay in property taxes.
“Republicans have said for years that the Democrats in Illinois
have a spending problem, not a revenue problem,” Wilcox adds.
“Illinois residents need absolute transparency on the spending
in Illinois.” |
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