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Pritzker’s proposed tax and fee hikes on average Illinoisans total more than those on ‘the rich’

MAY 24, 2019 | by Austin Berg | THE CENTER SQUARE

Illinoisans across the state have rightly been focused on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “fair tax” push. That’s the $3.4 billion income tax hike requiring a constitutional amendment to axe the state’s flat income tax protection. This constitutional change would end up hurting middle-class Illinoisans, too. But Pritzker’s message for now is short and sweet: soak the rich – not you.

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