League of Women Voters of Illinois^®

ACTION NEEDED:  CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS TODAY and insist they vote
to provide needed tax reform and maintain social services by increasing the income tax and broadening the sales tax to include nonessential items. 

BACKGROUND: This is the top priority issue of LWVIL and has been for several years. It is imperative that the State resolve its financial deficit, that schools receive sustainable funding and that desperately needed social services are not eliminated.  At our convention on June 14, the Will of Convention below was passed and has been sent to the Governor and all legislators.  

WILL of the League of Women Voters of Illinois CONVENTION  June 14, 2009

The members of the League of Women Voters of Illinois in attendance at the 2009 convention and representing local Leagues, call for the Governor and the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to restore the state’s fiscal health and to provide for Illinois’ future by:

• Raising the income tax
• Broadening the sales tax to include nonessential services
• Providing property tax relief
• Increasing deductions for low income families
• Increasing funding for public education to the levels recommended by the Education Funding Advisory Board
• Providing adequate support to maintain social services and health care services
• Ensuring transparency and accountability in the spending of tax dollars.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the delegates to the 54th Biennial Convention of the League of Women Voters of Illinois in East Peoria, Illinois, on June 14, 2009, communicate this will of convention to each member of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois as well as to the Governor.

Phone numbers may be accessed at www.ilga.gov

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