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Illinois

mopinko

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2. it is past time for us to have a progressive income tax.

Reply to mikekohr (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 11:33 AM

Jul 2015

not only pension funding, but school funding has been grossly under the statutory requirement of providing the majority of funding for the common schools.

also past time for chicago to be off the hook for the pensions in other parts of the state, when we must carry the whole burden of our pensions.

i wonder if a simple surtax on incomes above $1m would be constitutional. even .25% would fill a lot of holes.

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Tax Burden in Ilinois -it's not what those on the right claim- [View all] mikekohr Jul 2015 OP

Thanks for this post! mikeysnot Jul 2015 #1

it is past time for us to have a progressive income tax. mopinko Jul 2015 #2