* Press release…

Last night, Democrats in Springfield abandoned compromise and rammed through a massive tax hike on a party-line vote. Their plan includes no real reform to grow jobs and no property tax relief for homeowners.

Today, the Illinois Republican Party is highlighting their disastrous decision with statewide and targeted robocalls.

Statewide robocalls highlight the Democrat’s tax-hike plan, and how Democratic candidates for Governor are falling in line behind the Madigan Tax Hike agenda.

* The statewide robocall…

* Statewide script…

Last night, Illinois Democrats took the first step in enacting a major tax hike without reforms.

It’s part of a scheme pushed by House Speaker Mike Madigan and Democrat candidates for governor like Chris Kennedy and J.B. Pritzker.

They’ve said Illinois’ top priority should be raising taxes by billions without reforms.

And yesterday, Democrat state senators voted to increase the income tax by 32% on every Illinoisan.

They passed a new sales tax on everyday services like Netflix, dry cleaning and television.

And chose to let property taxes continue to skyrocket.

The Democrats’ Tax Hike agenda is wrong for Illinois.

Instead, it’s time to pass real reforms to create jobs and a real property tax freeze to give homeowners relief.

Paid for by the Illinois Republican Party.

* Back to the press release…

Additional robocalls will target Democratic House members in competitive districts. Democratic House members can stand up to Mike Madigan and kill this disastrous tax hike.

The following House districts will receive the call.

HD 15 – John D’Amico
HD 17 – Laura Fine
HD 18 – Robyn Gabel
HD 43 – Anna Moeller
HD 44 – Fred Crespo
HD46 – Deb Conroy
HD 55 – Marty Moylan
HD 56 – Michelle Mussman
HD 57 – Elaine Nekritz
HD 59 – Carol Sente
HD 62 – Sam Yingling
HD 72 – Mike Halpin
HD 84 – Stephanie Kifowit
HD 98 – Natalie Manley
HD 96 – Sue Scherer
HD 111 – Dan Besier
HD 112 – Katie Stuart
HD 116 – Jerry Costello
HD 118 – Brandon Phelps

* Sample of the targeted robocalls…

* Targeted script…

Hi, this is Caroline with an urgent tax hike alert.

Repeat, this is an urgent tax hike alert.

Last night, with little debate, Senate Democrats in Springfield passed one of the largest tax hikes in state history.

Their plan will raise the income tax on every Illinoisan by 32%.

They passed huge taxes on everyday services like Netflix, dry cleaning and television.

And they chose to let property taxes continue to skyrocket.

Now the bill goes to Mike Madigan’s House for a vote.

You can help stop the tax hikes.

State representative Brandon Phelps, your representative in Springfield, can vote against the tax hike.

Call Rep. Phelps. Tell him to vote against the Madigan Tax Hike before it’s too late.

And tell Rep. Phelps it’s time to pass real reforms to create jobs and a real property tax freeze to give homeowners relief.

Paid for by the Illinois Republican Party