SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) issued the following statement after Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order blaming President Trump for agricultural hardship sin Illinois:
“JB Pritzker is too busy resisting everything President Trump does to actually help the people of Illinois,” said Rep. Charlie Meier. “Farmers in Illinois have been preparing for a downward spiral for years, and Pritzker has done nothing to help us. Pritzker’s woke energy policies are causing the cost of running a farm to skyrocket. Pritzker’s refusal to fix the estate tax is forcing family farms to shutter. Pritzker’s other tax hikes will chase our largest tax base from the state and leave Illinois farmers with the bill. Pritzker’s real plan to help Illinois farmers is simple: blame Trump for everything and let our farms continue to suffer under his radical liberal policies.”
State Representative Charlie Meier is a lifelong farmer on his family’s Centennial Farm in Washington County. Meier is the Republican Spokesman on the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee.
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State Representative Charlie Meier represents the 109th district which includes portions or all of Bond, Clinton, Madison, St. Clair, and Washington counties. For more information, please visit CharlieMeier.net or call his office at 618-651-0405.