Chicago Sun Times: Tuesday Letters: Corporations duck state taxes while children pay

“It’s the children and the taxpayers of Illinois who bear the burden of reform. Illinois in 2012 cut education spending by a greater percentage than any other state, and in 2013 it was third-worst in cuts per student. And our system of taxes hits low-income families the hardest. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy named us one of the ten “Most Regressive State Tax Systems,” with the third-highest “Taxes on the Poor.””

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