The National Taxpayers United of Illinois is launching a media campaign to oppose Senate Bill 2288 which would raise your state income tax by 67%. Three radio commercials have already been produced and you can hearing them today on the radio. It is extremely important that the taxpayers let their voices be heard on this tax increase.
Here are the three radio spots: One, Two, Three.
Jim Tobin held a press conference today in Springfield, Il to expose the state revenue “crisis.” 12 members of the press were on hand, including, the local ABC tv affiliate channel 20, WGN Radio and the Illinois Radio Newtork. Jim exposed the reality of the state revenue “crisis” to show that state revenues continue to increase for the 6th consecutive year.
1/16/2008
Today’s Chicago Tribune reports 320,000 people take CTA bus routes facing elimination. However, this represents approximately 160,000 people riding to and from their house. The proposed cuts affect only 5 percent of the population. 95 percent of the people would be unaffected but all would be forced to pay $530 million more in taxes to finance CTA salaries and million dollar pension benefits for CTA employees. (For example, a 55 year old CTA employee making $80,000 who retires with 25 years on the job receives more than $1 million in pension benefits in the first 20 years.) Members of the Illinois General Assembly should resist being duped by greedy union employees and Chicago politicians who want to throw more taxpayer dollars at the moribund CTA. Please vote ‘NO’ on HB 656 and force the CTA to reform.
