State's future at stake

While Gov. Pritzker likes to dub it the "fair tax," in reality there is nothing fair about it at all. What is real, however, is the sorry condition of our state's fiscal health.

What does passing this tax mean? It means that 25% of small businesses subject to pass-through taxes, those that have managed to survive the pandemic and possibly also looting, will be subject to higher taxes. It means that retirement earnings will very likely be taxed, as they are in every other state that has a progressive income tax.

It means that income taxes can now be levied at the municipal level, adding yet another layer of taxation in the state that already exceeds all others in the nation in that respect. It means that Illinois residents can be taxed at any rate and in more respects than ever before.

Politicians in the state with the most corrupt reputation in the nation tell us that we should trust them to only tax the rich when in fact we give them the option to tax at any level and at any rate they choose. Politicians who have done essentially nothing to fix the state's pension crisis are asking taxpayers to dig deeper into our pockets yet again. Passing the progressive income tax will truly be the final nail in the coffin for Illinois.

Please support our retirees. Please support our small business owners. Please support our taxpayers in general. Please vote no if you care about the future of our state.

Julie Fox

West Dundee