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Fiscal Year 08 Budget: investing in families, healthcare, education, pensions, tax fairness
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PowerPoint presentation about the fiscal year 2008 budget priorities of Governor Rod Blagojevich for the coming year. The governor proposed a "Tax Fairness Plan" to replace the corporate income tax with a Gross Receipts Tax. The governor's plan would use the additional revenue to fund education, healthcare, the state pension system, and strengthen infrastructure with capital improvements.
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- Business and industry: Economic development
- Education: Educational finance: State aid to schools
- Government finance and taxes: Educational finance
- Government finance and taxes: Government revenues
- Government finance and taxes: Government revenues: Taxes: Business taxes
- Government finance and taxes: State finance
- Health and medicine: Health insurance and health care coverage
- Laws and regulations: Tax laws
- State government: State finance
- State government: State finance: State employee retirement system
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.HEALTHCARE EDUCATION PENSIONS TAX FAIRNESSInvesting in FamiliesInvesting in Families Fiscal Year '08 Budget "The Need is Clear. The Time is Now." We Can Do BetterWe Can Do Better What are our goals? T, Provide access to guaranteed, affordable healthcare for all Illinois residents. T, Establish new and permanent funding source for education. T, Reduce our unfunded pension liability. T, Invest in infrastructure. T, Reform the corporate tax system so that it treats all business fairly. T, Secure the state's long-term financial stability. WITHOUT RAISING INCOME OR SALES TAXES Middle Class StrugglesMiddle Class Struggles The Middle Class is Getting Squeezed T, Income for middle-class families has remained stagnant or flat since 2001. T, Prices for big-ticket items housing, health care, college education and transportation have skyrocketed, leaving families unable to save. T, Middle-class families are borrowing record amounts of money to pay their monthly bills. T, On average, CEO today ea
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Illinois
Office of the Governor
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Organization: Office of the Governor
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-0244 or 312-814-2121
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