Springfield, IL – Candidate for State Treasurer and Illinois State Representative Tom Demmer is continuing to stand up for Illinois taxpayers:

From Fox32Chicago this morning:

“A candidate for state treasurer is blaming a delay in Cook County property tax bills on an alleged plan to hide tax increases, until after the election. 

State Rep. Tom Demmer from Dixon called out Cook County Democratic leaders Wednesday for the significant delay.

Cook County property tax bills, which typically go out over the summer, won’t arrive until close to the end of the year.

This is the latest they’ve ever been in history.

Some of those bills will be higher because of new assessments.

‘Cook County taxpayers who are paying some very high property taxes haven’t yet seen what they’re going to be required to pay this year and won’t see it until the very end of the year. Again, conveniently timed until just after the election in order to hide the true impact of Illinois tax policy from voters when they go into the voting booth,’ said Demmer.”

Demmer’s opponent, State Treasurer Mike Frerichs repeatedly championed tax increases in the legislature, Pritzker’s failed tax referendum, and has made comments in the past supportive of the idea of even taxing retirement income. From the Daily Herald, June 17, 2020:

“Frerichs added one argument for the progressive tax is the consideration of taxing retirement income of those who can afford it. He said he knows people who receive 6-figure yearly pensions and do not pay income taxes, but the current system doesn’t differentiate between them and retirees who barely get by on their savings or pensions.”

‘One thing a progressive tax would do is make clear you can have graduated rates when you are taxing retirement income,” he said. “And, I think that’s something that’s worth discussion.’”

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