The Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) issued the following statement regarding Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Annual Budget Address:
“This budget proposal demonstrates a lack of financial discipline that should raise questions about the wisdom of changing the Illinois Constitution to allow for a graduated income tax. Not only does this plan rely on questionable savings, it also escalates spending at a level that the state simply cannot afford, even if the graduated income tax were adopted,” said Rob Karr, president & CEO of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. “At some point, Illinois must get serious about fiscal discipline. As we have done repeatedly in the past, IRMA will work with the General Assembly and Administration, to the extent they are willing, to address the challenges that impact us all.”
