Indivisible Lincoln Square Position on Tax Reform

Republicans want tax cuts for the  wealthy and large corporations at the expense of working families and small businesses. The Illinois flat-rate income tax is regressive and unjust in that it requires people of all income levels to pay the same rate. Accordingly, Indivisible Lincoln Square advocates for:

• Real tax reform that ensures working families and small businesses are the main beneficiaries of tax cuts ;

• Progressive personal tax rates at both the federal and state level;

• Corporate rates that ensure big business will pay its fair share of the tax burden; and

• Tax rates that are sufficient to pay for existing programs designed to assist lower and middle income tax payers.

Recommended Actions (not intended to be exhaustive)

• Sign up for blue state to red state phone banking

• Organize/attend training for canvassing, both regular and deep

• Register voters, especially in blue collar/low income neighborhoods

• Meet with Quigley (and possibly Durbin, Duckworth in conjunction with Indivisible Chicago) to press our position and ask what their positions are

• Produce and distribute flyers with educational points and call to action

• Write newsletter articles, emphasizing facts not opinions