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The non-partisan Tax Foundation, Washington D.C., this morning announced this year’s Tax Freedom Day for the nation as a whole, and for individual states. Tax Freedom Day is the day when Americans will finally have earned enough money to pay off their total tax bill for the year.
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CHICAGO—The Acting Director of the Illinois State Police, Jonathon Monken, has stated that without a 33% increase in state personal income taxes, he will lay off more than 460 state troopers and close five regional headquarters.

National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI) applauds this plan.
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The Illinois corporate income tax rate is not 4.8% as some politicians and media writers have erroneously reported, but actually 7.3%. While the base rate is 4.8%, a constitutional amendment passed in 1980 added another 2.5%. This additional tax was named the “personal property replacement tax,” but no matter what they call it, it’s still a corporate income tax.
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ROCKFORD–Christina Tobin, Founder and chief executive of Free & Equal Elections, was one of two keynote speakers at the packed Rockford Tea Party Town Hall on February 20, 2010. She spoke on the topic of ballot access; what event organizers dubbed “the forgotten freedom.”

In the above photos, Jim Tobin introduces his daughter, Christina Tobin; and later, Christina addresses 250 concerned taxpayers.

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SPRINGFIELD – Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), named State Senator Deanna Demuzio the “Tax Villain of the Month” at a press conference yesterday in Springfield, the Senators’ district. Tobin distributed “wanted flyers” for the tax villain that summarized how Demuzio earned the designation.

View coverage of the press conference by NBC TV 17 Springfield

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By Jim Tobin, ITEF President

SPRINGFIELD—Analysis of Illinois revenues for the first eight months of fiscal year 2010 shows an increase of $7.5 billion from the same period in FY2009. Comparing the same eight months against a healthier FY2008, revenues are still up $5.3 billion, or 13%.
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