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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | prescribes a flat, or non-graduated, income tax system be | ||||||
| 4 | utilized; and | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, The progressive income tax amendment was roundly | ||||||
| 10 | rejected by Illinoisans in the 2020 election; and | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Illinoisans already have one of the highest total | ||||||
| 15 | tax burdens in the country; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is currently collecting | ||||||
| 17 | record sums of revenue; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Since rejecting the progressive income tax | ||||||
| 19 | amendment in 2020, eight states have transitioned away from a | ||||||
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| 1 | progressive income tax to a flat, non-graduated income tax; | ||||||
| 2 | and | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we trust the decision Illinoisans made in 2020 when they | ||||||
| 11 | rejected the path to future tax increases by rejecting and | ||||||
| 12 | prohibiting the progressive income tax amendment from becoming | ||||||
| 13 | enacted; and be it further | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, That we reject all efforts to raise taxes on | ||||||
| 15 | Illinoisans by further attempts to change the state’s | ||||||
| 16 | Constitution and transition away from the flat tax to a | ||||||
| 17 | progressive income tax; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | delivered to all Illinois Constitutional Officers, the | ||||||
| 20 | President and Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate, and the | ||||||
| 21 | Speaker and Minority Leader of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 22 | Representatives. | ||||||