Jay Kinzler, the Glen Ellyn Republican running in the GOP primary in the 46th House District, said the only way the state can be saved is to cut the tax that the Democrats, including incumbent Rep. Deb Conroy (D-Villa Park), have introduced.
“The basic thing I think is going to help save Illinois and help resuscitate Illinois and help make the lives better for Illinoisans, particularly District 46, is we need to repeal the 32 percent income tax hike so people can keep more of their money that they worked for so they can use it for their own ability to take care of themselves,” Kinzler told the DuPage Policy Journal.
He said property taxes also need to come down. “We have the highest property taxes in the United States," he said. "It has made people unable to afford to live in homes they grew up in and stay around.”
Kinzler added that corruption also needs to be weeded out and the state return to a two-party system.
“We need two parties to keep groups working things out," he said. "When it is a one-party dictatorship and is corrupt run by (House Speaker) Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) and Deb Conroy we are never going to solve any of the problems.”
He questioned why career politicians were only putting in 20 days of work in a three-month period for the spring legislative session.
“One of the problems with career politicians is they lose touch with what it is like to be the normal average person," Kinzler said. "We have to get up every day and provide for our families. We do volunteer work for our communities. We contribute our time, effort and money into our government through taxes.
“The way our founding fathers originated this great place called America it was supposed to be residential representation that is only there for a short time then they go out and do their normal work or jobs," he said. "Then their neighbor goes for a couple years. Then the next neighbor goes for a couple years.”
However, Kinzler acknowledged, the system has changed.
“When the career politicians are there year after year I think they get insulated," he said. "They lose touch with the average resident; the average person that they are supposed to represent. So you start to see them do these crazy things like they figure they don't have to work every day because they are a special class of individuals (who say) we are career politicians and this is our way of life for us now; this is how we are going to enrich ourselves at the expense of the people they are representing.”
He said one example is that in a three-month period they only have to work 20 days.
“Yet they are still bringing home their full salary with all their benefits, which is probably higher than the average person they are representing," he said. “Instead of doing the real hard work where maybe they could sit down and work things out, do research, put in some homework. They would rather say, 'Oh well, we can't do anything about all these expenses. We’ll just tax people more money. We will just send out a bill for more of their hard earned money.'”
“I don't think they respect any longer the hard-working Illinois taxpayer,” Kinzler said.
The 46the House District includes all or part of Glendale Heights, Carol Stream, Addison and Villa Park.
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