HELP STOP ROD'S GROSS TAX

Governor Blagojevich already has presided over an administration that has resulted in the eighth worst job-producing record in the nation. Eighth worst, not eighth best. He has clobbered small businesses and Fortune 500 corporations alike with higher taxes and fees, more costs and more regulation.

His anti-business climate has driven jobs across our borders and out of Illinois. It has cost our families and our state jobs and threatened financial vitality of our communities and our families. That’s his record. Not very good, but it gets worse. Much worse ... READ MORE

SENATOR BRADY URGES FISCAL DISCIPLINE, NOT TAX INCREASE

The public’s support for Governor Blagojevich’s $7.6 billion gross receipts tax has been underwhelming, and that’s good.

People get it. They understand it’s not the “big bad corporations” the governor likes to talk about that will pay; it’s the consumers in their communities – from South Beloit to Cairo, from Nauvoo to Naperville – who will pay the Blagojevich tax. An extra 10 cents for a gallon of gas, an extra $8,000 for a new home, higher property taxes, more for visits to their doctor’s office or an emergency room, higher costs for food products, cable television, electricity and their telephone service  ... READ MORE

TAX INCREASE WOULD BE U.S.' LARGEST IN A DECADE: STUDY

By Paul Merrion  |  March 19, 2007

(Crain’s) — Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s proposed $7-billion tax on business would dwarf the biggest tax increases enacted in other states over the past decade, a new study says.

The new taxes, including a $6-billion gross-receipts tax and a $1-billion payroll tax, would consume almost 1.3% of the state’s economic output, nearly three times more than a tax increase enacted by Indiana in 2003, according to the Tax Foundation ... READ MORE.

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