The Chicago Sun-Times: Reform Illinois’s Tax Code

Illinois citizens are not all that prosperous, either. According to the 2013 census, Illinois per capita income is a mere $29,666 prompting the question, “Just where is the average Illinois taxpayer supposed to get the money to pay those prospective tax increases, anyway?”  According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), Illinois ranks 5th highest in the nation in regressive taxation, just behind South Dakota and Texas.

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