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SUMMARY:GRADUATED INCOME TAX DEBATE
DESCRIPTION:Live stream by: Media Impact Group \n\n\n\nSponsor this community-wide event for $100 \n\nCompany logo included in all event promotions to the community (web\, social\, email and paid ads)\, as well as the option to attend in-person. Please contact Claire Slattery.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nTed Dabrowski: Former Vice President of Policy and Spokesman at the Illinois Policy Institute\n\nIn his Treasury roles in both Mexico and Poland\, Ted managed multi-billion-dollar balance sheets and Sales and Trading businesses\, which gave him hands-on experience in budgeting and crisis management. After returning to the U.S.\, Ted shifted to public policy\, where he spent six years as Vice President of Policy and Spokesman at the Illinois Policy Institute.\n\n\n\nJohn Klingner: Policy Analyst at the Illinois Policy Institute\n\nJohn worked in Washington\, D.C.\, as an office assistant for former U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra and later worked as a research assistant for the American Legislative Exchange Council before joining the Illinois Policy Institute. \n\n\n\nRalph Martire: Executive Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA)\n\nRalph currently serves as the Executive Director of the CTBA\, which is committed to ensuring that state\, federal and local workforce\, education\, fiscal\, economic and budget policies are fair and just\, and promote opportunity for all\, regardless of race\, ethnicity or income class. He is also the Rubloff Professor of Public Policy at Roosevelt University.\n\n\n\nDan Biss: Executive Director of Rust Belt Rising\; Member of the Illinois Senate from 2013 - 2019\n\nDan is Executive Director of Rust Belt Rising\, an organization that trains Democratic candidates to speak on issues of important to working families\, who have been left behind by a system rigged in favor of the top 1%. He recently spent 8 years as a member of the Illinois General Assembly\, chairing both the Labor and Human Services committees in the Illinois Senate.\n\n\n\nNOTES: \n\nVoting "yes" means support for changing to a graduated income tax\, and voting "no" signals opposition to a graduated income tax.\n\n\n\nArticles around this issue: \n\nhttps://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/19/20999063/graduated-income-tax-illinois-referendum-everything-you-need-to-know\n\n\n\nEVENT COVID PROCEDURES:\n\nUpon entering a Chamber Sponsored Event/Meeting attendees will be required to: \n\n Have temperature taken. Those with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will not be permitted to attend.\n Verbally take a health screening\n Use hand sanitizer\n Wear a mask unless eating or drinking\n Practice social distancing\n\nThe Chamber is asking attendees to not shake hands (elbow bumps are fine) or physically exchange business cards. Please wear your own name tag.
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\nLive stream by: Media Impact Group \;
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\nSponsor this community-wide event for $100 \; \;
\nCompany logo included in all event promotions to the \;community (web\, social\, email and paid ads)\, \;as well as the option to attend in-person. \; Please contact Claire Slattery.
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\nSpeaker Bios:
\nTed Dabrowski: Former Vice President of Policy and Spokesman at the Illinois Policy Institute
\nIn his Treasury roles in both Mexico and Poland\, Ted managed multi-billion-dollar balance sheets and Sales and Trading businesses\, which gave him hands-on experience in budgeting and crisis management. After returning to the U.S.\, Ted shifted to public policy\, where he spent six years as Vice President of Policy and Spokesman at the Illinois Policy Institute.
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\nJohn Klingner: Policy Analyst at the Illinois Policy Institute
\nJohn worked in Washington\, D.C.\, as an office assistant for former U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra and later worked as a research assistant for the American Legislative Exchange Council before joining the Illinois Policy Institute. \;
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\nRalph Martire: Executive Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA)
\nRalph currently serves as the Executive Director of the CTBA\, which is committed to ensuring that state\, federal and local workforce\, education\, fiscal\, economic and budget policies are fair and just\, and promote opportunity for all\, regardless of race\, ethnicity or income class. He is also the Rubloff Professor of Public Policy at Roosevelt University.
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\nDan Biss: Executive Director of Rust Belt Rising\; Member of the Illinois Senate from 2013 - 2019
\nDan is Executive Director of Rust Belt Rising\, an organization that trains Democratic candidates to speak on issues of important to working families\, who have been left behind by a system rigged in favor of the top 1%. He recently spent 8 years as a member of the Illinois General Assembly\, chairing both the Labor and Human Services committees in the Illinois Senate.
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\nNOTES: \;
\nVoting "\;yes"\; means support for changing to a graduated income tax\, and voting "\;no"\; signals opposition to a graduated income tax.
\n
\nArticles around this issue: \;
\nhttps://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/19/20999063/graduated-income-tax-illinois-referendum-everything-you-need-to-know
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\nEVENT COVID PROCEDURES:
\nUpon entering a Chamber Sponsored Event/Meeting attendees will be required to: \;\n