{"id":2405788,"date":"2025-02-23T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T21:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-legislator-blasts-renewed-push-for-progressive-tax-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T21:43:00","slug":"illinois-legislator-blasts-renewed-push-for-progressive-tax-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-legislator-blasts-renewed-push-for-progressive-tax-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois legislator blasts renewed push for progressive tax &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-legislator-blasts-renewed-push-for-progressive-tax-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a renewed legislative \u200ceffort in Illinois to\u2062 shift from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-democrat-calls-kentucky-other-red-states-moochers\/\" title=\"New Jersey Democrat Calls Kentucky, Other Red States \u2018Moochers\u2019\">flat income tax<\/a> \u200csystem to a progressive tax structure, which \u2063would impose\u2063 higher rates on\u200b higher earners. This proposal, introduced by Democratic state Senator \u2062robert \u2063Martwick, aims to amend the Illinois Constitution accordingly. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">plan faces meaningful opposition<\/a> \u2064from Republican State Representative Martin McLaughlin, who\u200d criticizes it \u2062as ill-timed and perhaps harmful to \u2062the state&#8217;s economic climate. McLaughlin argues that a\u2064 progressive tax could\u200b drive wealthier residents and \u200dbusinesses \u2064out of Illinois, exacerbating an existing trend of declining population and economic growth.This proposal comes four years after a similar initiative was decisively rejected by voters, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-raised-nearly-6-million-for-2024-campaign-in-third-quarter\/\" title=\"Tim Scott raised close to  million for his 2024 campaign in Q3.\">substantial financial backing<\/a> \u2063from Governor J.B. Pritzker. The \u200bcurrent measure is awaiting consideration in the Senate Assignments \u2063Committee.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Illinois legislator blasts renewed push for progressive tax<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016266\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Democratic state legislators are again pushing a measure to change the state&rsquo;s flat income tax to one with higher rates for higher earners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Introduced by state Sen. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 4 would formally replace language in the Illinois Constitution to allow for a so-called graduated tax system.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington Hills, didn&rsquo;t hold back in his criticism of the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know the progressive tax push will be as welcome by people in Cook County as another unqualified Bears head coach would be,&rdquo; McLaughlin told The Center Square. &ldquo;To revisit a progressive tax when we have half the growth of our surrounding states, it&rsquo;s exactly the wrong idea at the wrong time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Martwick&rsquo;s proposal comes just four years after voters roundly rejected a similar proposal despite Gov. J.B. Pritzker pumping upwards of $50 million of his own money into a campaign aimed at getting the measure over the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>McLaughlin warned such a measure only sets taxpayers up for more of the kind of abuse he argued Springfield has become too well known for.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a small business owner,&rdquo; McLaughlin said. &ldquo;I employ people. I have to make an actual budget balance. Too many people down here in Springfield don&rsquo;t have that same experience. They don&rsquo;t understand that we need to be in a competitive marketplace to make Illinois prosper.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With the latest version of the proposed amendment currently sitting in the Senate Assignments Committee, McLaughlin said virtually every taxpayer in the state has reason for concern.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People leaving Illinois on an economic basis are wealthier than people coming to Illinois and there&rsquo;s a net loss,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re going to do something like this, you&rsquo;re going to push business owners, families with means and those that have just decided they can&rsquo;t take it anymore to move to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Texas. Our friends that have left, all we&rsquo;ll be doing is sending them their next, new ex-Illinois neighbor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Illinois is one of 23 states to have or be in the process of implementing a flat income tax and one of only four where the tax structure is protected in the state constitution.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Martwick filed similar legislation that would have increased tax rates from 4.95% to as high as 6.95% for some upper income residents and as low as 4% for others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2016266\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2016266\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois lawmaker criticizes renewed effort for progressive tax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/minimum-wage-and-money.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6413,9731,5894,50933,50934],"class_list":["post-2405788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-illinois","tag-legislator","tag-politics","tag-progressive-tax","tag-taxation-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/minimum-wage-and-money.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405788"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405792,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405788\/revisions\/2405792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}