https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-graduated-income-tax-ads-20190321-story.html
The early battle over whether the state and its voters should adopt a graduated-rate income tax system advanced to another level Thursday with a TV ad from proponents and a new digital ad from opponents — each using familiar political targets: former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Think Big Illinois, a group backed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is pressing for the graduated tax to replace the state’s current flat-rate income tax, was first on the TV airwaves and cable with a half-minute ad defending the change and the potential to raise billions from people with higher incomes....
...“The governor’s fair tax puts the middle class first, while making the wealthy pay their fair share,” the announcer says.
Think Big Illinois is a tax-exempt group that said it will report its donors when it’s required to file documents with the IRS.