Letter: Graduated income tax for Illinois threatens small business owners like me – Chicago Sun-Times*

"My name is Chris Plywacz and I am the proud owner of Reeg Plumbing, a small business in the western suburbs.... This amendment will give a big foot to Springfield politicians to step on small businesses like mine and diminish opportunities for us to create jobs or even expand our businesses.... Many of my customers have left this state because of our taxes....  After years of tax hikes, people fleeing the state and trying to weather a pandemic, Illinois is on the brink of collapse. I can’t think of a worse time to raise taxes."