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Hynes Says Proposed Tax Increase Would Help Schools
State Comptroller Dan Hynes says his proposed income tax increase would solve a problem that has perplexed our politicians for four decades.

Hynes, running in the Democratic primary for governor, says the issue is equality of money available for education from one school district to the next. Now, some spend three times what others do. This has been "talked about for decades," Hynes says, having been the subject of numerous blue-ribbon panels but no political action.

Hynes says the solution is to commit more state funds, and reduce property taxes. He says merely arbitrarily capping property taxes isn't the solution if equality is the problem. He says the state must assume a greater share of the responsibility for funding public schools.

Hynes proposes a progressive income tax -- a tax increase for those making more than $250,000 a year -- to generate $6 billion per year, which would initially be used to get the state out of debt, but which would eventually allow more money for schools.

(Illinois Radio Network)
12 13 09 by Newsroom
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