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Q: What can you do to create incentives for small businesses to hire Illinois residents?
A: We must stop giving TIF tax breaks to big, out-of-state corporations that create only low-wage jobs. Instead, we should provide tax benefits to businesses that create new jobs. If the business eliminates the jobs or moves them out of state within five years, it would have to repay the benefits.
Q: What're your thoughts on Eliminating wasteful layers of government?
A: We cannot afford duplicative and wasteful layers of government.
The office of Lieutenant Governor is with official duties, except the replacement of the governor and should be abolished. With strict financial oversight and controls merging the State Treasurer and Comptroller’s offices could realize significant savings.
Combining the various County taxing offices (Assessor, Treasurer, Clerk, and Recorder of Deeds) Would save many tax dollars.
Township road districts spend several times as much per mile as municipalities do. Contracting maintenance of road and bridges to nearby municipalities or private contractors would allow the elimination of township road districts entirely.
The elected Township Collector has no duties at all and should also be eliminated.
Q: What can you do to help working families afford quality higher education
A: We must fulfill our financial obligations to the University of Illinois and other colleges and universities.
We should increase college loans and scholarship opportunities for children of middle-class families, primarily by attracting grants from charitable and educational organizations.
The state should guarantee loans to first-generation college students. By providing a designated amount of public service after graduating, student loans may forgiven or reduced.
Q: What can you do to create incentives for small businesses to hire Illinois residents?
A: We must stop giving TIF tax breaks to big, out-of-state corporations that create only low-wage jobs. Instead, we should provide tax benefits to businesses that create new jobs. If the business eliminates the jobs or moves them out of state within five years, it would have to repay the benefits.
Q: What're your thoughts on Eliminating wasteful layers of government?
A: We cannot afford duplicative and wasteful layers of government.
The office of Lieutenant Governor is with official duties, except the replacement of the governor and should be abolished. With strict financial oversight and controls merging the State Treasurer and Comptroller’s offices could realize significant savings.
Combining the various County taxing offices (Assessor, Treasurer, Clerk, and Recorder of Deeds) Would save many tax dollars.
Township road districts spend several times as much per mile as municipalities do. Contracting maintenance of road and bridges to nearby municipalities or private contractors would allow the elimination of township road districts entirely.
The elected Township Collector has no duties at all and should also be eliminated.
Q: What can you do to help working families afford quality higher education
A: We must fulfill our financial obligations to the University of Illinois and other colleges and universities.
We should increase college loans and scholarship opportunities for children of middle-class families, primarily by attracting grants from charitable and educational organizations.
The state should guarantee loans to first-generation college students. By providing a designated amount of public service after graduating, student loans may forgiven or reduced.