As Pritzker debuts ad about taxes and makes the list of richest Americans, he’s still keeping Illinoisans in the dark on his own taxes
Days ago, Democrat candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker made the list of richest Americans. Forbes rated Pritzker, whose personal wealth totals $3.4 billion, the 219th richest American.
Now, Politico Illinois Playbook is reporting that J.B. Pritzker released a new campaign ad calling for a progressive income tax. In the ad, Pritzker says that increasing taxes on the wealthiest would make our tax system “fair,” but Illinoisans still don’t know how much Pritzker himself pays in taxes.
This past April, Pritzker pledged to release his tax returns, but so far, he has failed to do so. A clock on Daniel Biss’ campaign website says 200 days have elapsed since Pritzker first made that pledge.
Although Pritzker pledged two weeks ago that he’d “soon” let voters know how much he pays in taxes, he still refuses to release his returns.
J.B. Pritzker’s hypocrisy on this issue is stunning – as he continues his calls to make the wealthiest pay more in taxes, Pritzker, one of our nation’s wealthiest individuals, continues to hide his own income taxes from the public, even as he orchestrates schemes to cut his own property tax bill.
Illinoisans should be worried if a politician like Pritzker is able to turn the Governor’s Mansion into “A Nightmare On Astor Street.”
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