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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Illinois |
| 3 | | prescribes a flat, or non-graduated, income tax system be |
| 4 | | utilized; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2020, the General Assembly put the progressive |
| 6 | | income tax amendment on the 2020 ballot, which would have |
| 7 | | altered our Constitution and permitted graduated income tax |
| 8 | | rates and tax increases on all Illinoisans; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, The progressive income tax amendment was roundly |
| 10 | | rejected by Illinoisans in the 2020 election; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Current inflation levels, rising costs, and |
| 12 | | recession fears are already wreaking havoc on household |
| 13 | | budgets of Illinoisans across the state; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Illinoisans already have one of the highest total |
| 15 | | tax burdens in the country; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is currently collecting |
| 17 | | record sums of revenue; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Since rejecting the progressive income tax |
| 19 | | amendment in 2020, five states have transitioned away from a |
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| 1 | | progressive income tax to a flat, non-graduated income tax; |
| 2 | | and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, In addition to imposing a tax increase through a |
| 4 | | progressive income tax upon over-taxed Illinoisans, this tax |
| 5 | | increase would deprive the state of one of the few competitive |
| 6 | | advantages Illinois has to retain and attract businesses; |
| 7 | | therefore, be it
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
| 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we trust the decision |
| 10 | | Illinoisans made in 2020 when they rejected the path to future |
| 11 | | tax increases by rejecting and prohibiting the progressive |
| 12 | | income tax amendment from becoming enacted; and be it further
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate rejects all efforts to |
| 14 | | raise taxes on Illinoisans by further attempts to change the |
| 15 | | state’s Constitution and transition away from the flat tax to |
| 16 | | a progressive income tax; and be it further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 18 | | delivered to all Illinois Constitutional Officers, the |
| 19 | | President and Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate, and the |
| 20 | | Speaker and Minority Leader of the Illinois House of |
| 21 | | Representatives. |
