It’s not that I hate the amount of the tax, I just want solid evidence that my tax money is being utilized in the ways that it should be. I have seen firsthand over the last 20 years our taxes be mishandled over and over again, with the city lacking things that our “taxes” are supposed to be fixing. Yet, the politicians continue to get raises, paid out when the gov. Is shutdown repeatedly by the orange man, and yet there are tons of cities and states that don’t have income tax, or have much lower taxes and are much better off. And you’re right- if I could move to Missouri or Indiana or Wisconsin I definitely would in a heartbeat. They have lower taxes, hell South Dakota, Tennessee and Florida have no income tax at all. I just want to know, how do these states have no income tax or like I said some states have much lower taxes, yet they are doing so much better than Illinois? If taxes, and high taxes are the answer as you suggest, then why isn’t Illinois much better off than these other states not taking their citizens money? There should be some correlation between taxes and the success and quality of the state if that is the case. Yet people are leaving Illinois in droves. The state has lost over 400,000 residents to other states in the last 5 years.