By W.J. Kennedy |
Oct 16, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is selling the proposed elimination of the state’s flat-rate income tax as a way of making the wealthier shoulder a greater share of the tax burden. He has branded the replacement tax, a graduated income tax, as “The Fair Tax.” There’s a lot more to it than that, according to a recent analysis by the Tax Foundation, which suggests fairness has little do with it.