AARP, other senior groups want graduated income tax to pass

Posted on October 8, 2020
The constitutional amendment to change Illinois’ income tax from flat to graduated needs sixty percent of the vote to pass. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)

 

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – Seniors’ organizations want the graduated income tax amendment to pass.

Don Todd of the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans says he’s tired of lies: “Lies like the insidious ads on the (anti) fair tax ad, where a sweet elderly grandmother says she will no longer be able to live in Illinois because her retirement will be taxed,” Todd said during a virtual news conference. “The truth is just the opposite: with passage of the ‘fair tax,’ she and 97 percent of Illinois citizens will see their taxes remain the same or decrease.”

Both sides are using the retirement tax as a threat of what will happen if the other side wins.

The constitutional amendment to change Illinois’ income tax from flat to graduated needs sixty percent of the vote to pass.

Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]

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