Responsible Budget Coalition
The Responsible Budget Coalition (RBC) is an Illinois-based progressive issue advocacy group comprising over 250 organizations. The group advocates for the funding of state government programs for children, families, and community-based programs.
According to RBC’s website, it operates under three main principles:
* “Adequate revenue to support state priorities and make smart investments”
* “No more cuts to vital programs and services”
* “Fairness in raising revenue”
Members
RBC’s members lobby and advocate for funding for government programs for:
* Increase personal income taxes that were lowered in 2014 to their pre-2014 levels
* Increase corporate income taxes that were lowered in 2014 to their pre-2014 levels
* Expand sales tax by taxing services
* Tax people’s retirement income
In April 2010, the Responsible Budget Coalition organized a protest of 15,000 people at the Illinois state capitol. As part of the protest, RBC’s group of people yelled “Raise my taxes!” The Chicago Tribune described the protest as “a neat public relations trick to get front page coverage, but slightly deceptive since they should have been shouting "raise your taxes, too."”
The RBC criticizes the Illinois state legislature’s 2015 tax cut. The RBC website says, “In January 2015, leaders in Springfield let corporate and individual tax rates drop, draining $6 billion from the state budget that pays for K-12 and higher education, human services, environmental protection, and many other critical services. Those tax breaks are primarily going to upper- income individuals and corporations.”
According to RBC’s website, it operates under three main principles:
* “Adequate revenue to support state priorities and make smart investments”
* “No more cuts to vital programs and services”
* “Fairness in raising revenue”
Members
RBC’s members lobby and advocate for funding for government programs for:
* Increase personal income taxes that were lowered in 2014 to their pre-2014 levels
* Increase corporate income taxes that were lowered in 2014 to their pre-2014 levels
* Expand sales tax by taxing services
* Tax people’s retirement income
In April 2010, the Responsible Budget Coalition organized a protest of 15,000 people at the Illinois state capitol. As part of the protest, RBC’s group of people yelled “Raise my taxes!” The Chicago Tribune described the protest as “a neat public relations trick to get front page coverage, but slightly deceptive since they should have been shouting "raise your taxes, too."”
The RBC criticizes the Illinois state legislature’s 2015 tax cut. The RBC website says, “In January 2015, leaders in Springfield let corporate and individual tax rates drop, draining $6 billion from the state budget that pays for K-12 and higher education, human services, environmental protection, and many other critical services. Those tax breaks are primarily going to upper- income individuals and corporations.”
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