The problem isn't the number of dollars Illinois gets back from Washington. It's the number of dollars Illinois sends Washington in the first place.
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You had a president who was clearly committed to fundamental tax reform, and we assumed that they would be taking that commitment to heart.Scott Hodge
If local citizens want to pony up the money to right this wrong, they should put up the tax dollars. They should not come begging to Washington to do it.
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It is absolutely staggering the amount of money the oil companies already pay in taxes. Government has profited more from the oil industry than the oil industry has profited from consumers.
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You're foursquare in a dilemma if you want to broaden the base and lower tax rates. If you broaden the base, you raise taxes on people who pay nothing, and if you lower rates you cut taxes for the rich.
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It's bad for the federal government to rely on a shrinking group of American to pay all the bills and exclude millions of people from paying their fair share or some share.
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