ANY TIME between Thursday, May 9 and Tuesday, May 14, please call 888-412-6570 to be connected with your State Representative's office. Our State Representatives need to hear that we support SJRCA1, a Constitutional Amendment that would end the requirement that income in Illinois must be taxed at a flat rate.
Our legislators are not hearing from people who support SJRCA1. It is time for all of us to make our voices heard.
If 60% of the members of each chamber approve of the Constitutional Amendment, it will appear on the ballot in the November, 2020 state election.
#FairTax WHERE WE STAND:
LWVIL has a position in favor of a graduated rate income tax, because it will be based on ability to pay so that those taxpayers with a greater ability pay a greater percentage of their income. LWVIL has been working in favor of a graduated income tax since 1993 when it headed a coalition called Progress Illinois. In recent years, LWVIL has continued this effort with coalition partners. LWVIL has provided speakers and written letters and articles for news media. The current proposals to change the Illinois Constitution have the most favorable chance to get on the ballot since 1970.
