{"id":3653,"date":"2016-04-19T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T19:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2016-04-19T14:32:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T19:32:32","slug":"democrats-graduated-fair-tax-plan-cuts-taxes-on-99-of-illinoisans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/democrats-graduated-fair-tax-plan-cuts-taxes-on-99-of-illinoisans\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats&#8217; Graduated &#8220;Fair Tax&#8221; Plan Cuts Taxes on 99% of Illinoisans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3654\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fair-Tax-graphic.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/democrats-graduated-fair-tax-plan-cuts-taxes-on-99-of-illinoisans\/fair-tax-graphic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fair-Tax-graphic.png?fit=558%2C747&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"558,747\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fair-Tax-graphic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fair-Tax-graphic.png?fit=558%2C747&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3654\" class=\"wp-image-3654 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fair-Tax-graphic-224x300.png?resize=224%2C300\" alt=\"Fair-Tax-graphic\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fair-Tax-graphic.png?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fair-Tax-graphic.png?w=558&amp;ssl=1 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few examples of how the change would affect Illinois families, courtesy of the Fiscal Policy Center. \u00a0Click for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maybe you saw some headlines in the last few days about the plan from State Representative Lou Lang (D-Skokie) to switch from our current flat state income tax to a graduated (aka &#8220;progressive&#8221;) &#8220;Fair Tax&#8221; plan. \u00a0You probably didn&#8217;t see that the plan would constitute a <strong>tax cut for 99% of us<\/strong>, while\u00a0raising an additional $1.9\u00a0billion of revenue for our hard-pressed state.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few pieces from Capitol Fax with details. \u00a0You have to love the Pavlovian\u00a0response from the Rauner people (&#8220;The straw that breaks&#8230;&#8221;):<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2016\/04\/15\/lang-explains-graduated-tax-hike-proposal\/\">Lang explains graduated tax hike proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2016\/04\/15\/this-just-in-graduated-income-tax-plan-introduced\/\">Tax cut for \u201c99 percent\u201d hikes revenue by $1.9 billion *** This just in\u2026 Graduated income tax plan introduced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=capitolfax.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/capitolfax.com\/2016\/04\/15\/the-straw-that-breaks-the-illinois-economy%e2%80%99s-back\/\">\u201cThe straw that breaks the Illinois economy\u2019s back\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the papers heard that it was a cut for 99% of folks and promptly wrote stories about the few folks who would pay more. \u00a0Now, how do you think a reading public trained to be cynical will read those stories? \u00a0The Trib of course made it a &#8220;Madigan!&#8221; thing, too:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.chicagotribune.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/politics\/ct-illinois-graduated-income-tax-met-20160415-story.html\">Madigan Dems try to revive income tax plan to make wealthy pay higher rate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.dailyherald.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/article\/20160418\/news\/160418807\/\">Democrats&#8217; plan would raise taxes on wealthiest Illinoisans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/democrats-graduated-fair-tax-plan-cuts-taxes-on-99-of-illinoisans\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 3653,  \"nonce\": \"4d2216e7f6\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"Democrats\\' Graduated \\\"Fair Tax\\\" Plan Cuts Taxes on 99% of Illinoisans\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe you saw some headlines in the last few days about the plan from State Representative Lou Lang (D-Skokie) to switch from our current flat state income tax to a<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/democrats-graduated-fair-tax-plan-cuts-taxes-on-99-of-illinoisans\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fair-Tax-graphic.png?fit=558%2C747&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzCg-WV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3653"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3659,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions\/3659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}