AFP-Illinois Launches Campaigns Targeting Pension and Tax Proposals
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Illinois (AFP-Illinois) launched a pair of digital campaigns targeting various lawmakers for their lack of action to deliver meaningful property tax relief while at the same time considering various pension and tax proposals that would crush hardworking Illinois families.
Illinois residents have the highest overall state-local tax burden in the nation, including the second-highest property taxes. To highlight this, AFP-Illinois recently released a tax calculator to help show the stark contrast in taxes Illinois residents are paying compared to other states. For example, in Illinois, taxpayers pay nearly $9,000 on property taxes on a $420,400 home That same home would amount to just under $4,000 in taxes in nearby Indiana.
The campaigns will be targeted in various districts across Illinois and will initially focus on the crushing taxes families already pay and the lack of meaningful property tax reform coming out of Springfield. The digital campaign will be accompanied by a mail and grassroots door campaign throughout the legislative session. The ads will be targeted to the members’ districts as well as the Illinois State Capitol.
AFP-Illinois State Director Jason Heffley released the following statement:
“Illinois faces some of the highest tax burdens in the nation and is in desperate need of tax relief. Yet, all we hear in Springfield are proposals to sweeten government pensions and find revenue for our out-of-control spending through additional taxes. AFP-Illinois’ campaign is calling on lawmakers to address property taxes, keep our pension system on the eventual road to solvency and end Governor Pritzker’s reign on high taxes.
“AFP-Illinois stands ready to work alongside policy champions willing to tackle these important issues this legislative session. Illinoisans deserve to keep more of their hard-earned money and that starts by reforming property taxes and abandoning bad ideas.”
