It might not be possible to untangle all the knots, but attaching new strings isn’t going to hasten a resolution.

That’s the takeaway from former Gov. Pat Quinn’s Wednesday news conference at which he proposed the state take another pass at a constitutional amendment to move away from a flat income tax rate to a graduated system. Quinn’s latest idea is cleaner to understand than the measure voters rejected in 2020 in that it would simply assess an extra 3% on earnings above $1 million, but he also is trying to sell the measure as a way to lower property taxes.

“The system is out of control,” Quinn said. “It needs fundamental reform.”

Fine – agreed, even – but there are a few dozen dots to connect between the state raising a new $4.5 billion from millionaires and local governments loweri

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