[Peace-discuss] Fw: hb 174 - Time-dated request!!

[John W.]

So please educate a stupid man.  In what sense is the following statement
true?  "So the bill would shift the burden of funding K-12 education from
property taxes to an income tax which would be a lot fairer in poorer
districts."


On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:


>    The highlights of an email just received -- more extensive details are
> below:
>
> *The bill [to fund public education from income- rather than property tax]
> is before the House right now.  Please contact your representative today
> [yes, Sun, May 31st] – THE VOTE IS EXPECTED TODAY [Sunday, May 31st] -- to
> tell her/him that you support House Bill 174.  *Naomi Jakobsson’s phone
> number is 217-558-1009.  If you live in another district, go to
> http://www.ilga.gov/house/ to find the contact information for the
> Springfield office.
>  --Jenifer
>
>
> --- On *Sun, 5/31/09, Jenny Barrett <jbarrett at cyrus.psych.uiuc.edu>*wrote:
>
>
>  ---------------------------------
> Hi, all,
>     I have some exciting news from Springfield.  First, thanks to all of
> you who called your legislators; the proposals that would have impacted our
> pensions negatively and underfunded them even more are dead.  Second, the
> Senate passed a tax bill that would (language from the Legislature web site
> http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=0174&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=40191&SessionID=76&SpecSess=&Session=&GA=96)
>
> Provides that certain amounts shall be transferred from the General Revenue
> Fund to the Common School Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act.
> Increases the income tax rate for individuals, trusts, and estates from 3%
> to 5%. Increases the income tax rate for corporations from 4.8% to 7.2%.
> Increases the residential real property tax credit from 5% to 10%. Increases
> the limitation on the education expense credit from $500 to $1,000.
> Increases the percentage of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the
> federal tax credit to 15% in 2009 and thereafter.
>
> So the bill would shift the burden of funding K-12 education from property
> taxes to an income tax which would be a lot fairer in poorer districts.
> Property owners and low income people would get tax credits.  Education,
> including higher education would get steady state funding.  People concerned
> about fair, equitable education funding have been working for this for
> years!
>
> *The bill is before the House right now.  Please contact your
> representative today – THE VOTE IS EXPECTED TODAY -- to tell her/him that
> you support House Bill 174.  *Naomi Jakobsson’s phone number is
> 217-558-1009.  If you live in another district, go to
> http://www.ilga.gov/house/ to find the contact information for the
> Springfield office.
>
> Thanks,
> Jenny
>
>
> Senior Research Programmer, Psychology
> 453B Psychology
> University of Illinois
>
> --
> Jenny Barrett
> Sr Research Programmer
> Psychology, University of Illinois
> 603 E Daniel
> Champaign IL 61820www.psych.uiuc.edu/~jbarrett <http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/%7Ejbarrett>
>
>
>
>
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