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Friday, Sep 28, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* This is exactly the sort of hypothetical speculation that got Pritzker into hot water over the mileage tax and the service tax…

Gas tax? Part of a list of things we could look at, Pritzker says. Doesn't like that it's regressive, though #twill

— Steve Daniels (@stevedaniels27) September 28, 2018

Voters don’t do nuance. Pritzker fully understood that concept in the primary when he went after Chris Kennedy and Daniel Biss over their nuanced and limited kinda/sorta support for a maybe/possible tax on retirement income. He zapped them both with harsh TV ads and now he’s getting zapped by Rauner on the mileage tax.

* The Daily Herald, by the way, is not pleased that Pritzker is running away from the mileage tax that he suggested he could look at as a pilot project…

There’s a great irony in Pritzker calling Rauner a liar. It is Pritzker who, with our Editorial Board earlier this year, raised the possibility of a tax on vehicle mileage — and now denies that he mentioned it. Even though it’s fully recorded. Denied it outright Thursday night even when Carol Marin gave him a chance to acknowledge but downplay what he’d said.

14 Comments

- Anon - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 10:58 am:
Yeah, but we probably should be taxing at least some of the federally taxed retirement income.

Key word: federally taxed.

We’ve got millionaires writing off 100% of their State Income Tax obligation because they’re claiming guaranteed payments to partners on Schedule K-1s.

Why do the People of Illinois need to support retired millionaires?

Retired low income folks, sure. But millionaires?

- City Zen - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:12 am:
So a gaming expansion is now going to pay for…broadband?

When JB holds his seminar explaining how he spends the same dollar multiple times, I’ll be in the front row.

- Lester Holt’s Mustache - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:27 am:
We keep repeating that “voters don’t do nuance”, yet you keep demanding that Pritzker give specific answers to complicated taxation questions that can’t be answered without nuance? That’s a recipe for disaster. Pritzker should keep doing what he’s doing, no need to change now with such a big lead. It’d be nice for all of us, but it’s not necessary to win this race - which is, after all, his main goal at the moment.

- Ron Burgundy - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:27 am:
The election authorities should just change the ballots for November to call this a race for “Illinois Santa Claus.”

- A guy - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:33 am:
He should’ve sent a press release and skipped the interview.

- VanillaMan - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:39 am:
I want him to tell us the truth. It’s OK. We can handle it.

He won’t win the votes of the anti-taxers. He needs to win over us who understand how taxes work and want to know if he’s a nut.

His near lack of detail is coming off as dishonesty.

- JS Mill - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:45 am:
=When JB holds his seminar explaining how he spends the same dollar multiple times, I’ll be in the front row.=

I saw him at one of the Rauner seminar’s on how you include revenue for the Thomson Center sale in every annual budget. That is where he learned it I guess.

- A fly on the wall - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:50 am:
Pritzker has to answer in general non-specific terms because Mike hasn’t filled him in yet. They’ll get there

- Moby - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:53 am:
I just don’t see him making changes as long as he believes he’s up by double-digits. The NBC poll was in the beginning of August. Surely another legit poll will be done soon, but I haven’t seen anything. For an election with so much money involved, I can’t believe there’s only been two polls done.

- Roman - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:53 am:
- Lester Holt’s Mustache - is right. JB is damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.

One thing is for sure, Pritzker is not as disciplined as Rauner when it comes to sticking to evasive talking points.

- Anonymous - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 11:59 am:
JB is just following Rauner’s lead on no details. Rauner didn’t provide any details the first time he ran for office.

- don the legend - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 12:20 pm:
In many campaigns the lack of details could be a major problem.

However JB is running against a prevaricator of the highest order and to be the only candidate providing details is what gives Rauner any chance at victory.

- Rich Miller - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 12:31 pm:
===Rauner didn’t provide any details the first time he ran===

Yes he did. Not a lot, but he did.

- OneMan - Friday, Sep 28, 18 @ 12:51 pm:
Just for reference pointing out well Rauner didn’t either doesn’t exactly instill confidence here folks

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