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Illinois Policy’s Adam Schuster On The Proposed Progressive Tax
With Illinois lawmakers taking up the topic of a progressive tax here in Illinois, Illinois Policy's Adam Schuster tells us why we should be very wary of it.
A new Illinois Policy report reveals how the last state to pass a progressive income tax ended up hurting its poor, and harming its economy.
We asked Adam to fill us in on how a similar move here in Illinois might turn out:
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