[RobinMasters]

[dragnet2]

The government kingdom at all levels, continues to rob and gang rape the American private sector....

[jimfree]

The Democratic leaders in the Illinois General Assembly believe this income tax increase, a corporate tax hike, and a $1-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes would erase the state’s $15 billion budget deficit.

As would spending cuts.

[dragnet2]

That’s a 75 percent tax increase.

Raise taxes, pay more, government employees are waiting for their lottery style retirements checks.

[mewzilla]

If this passes, I have one word: STAMPEDE!!!

[PubliusMM]

And, if the people of Illinois let this happen without serious and significant spending cuts, they deserve exactly what they get.

[bgill]

That’s ok, their homie Obomie will pay their taxes for them just like he promised with their rent.

[bilhosty]

Thank you Illinois. We can use the jobs in Georgia. If your people come down here to look for jobs please tell them not to vote because we don’t want to lose our jobs either.

[dragnet2]

All those buildings in all those Illinois towns and cities are full of government employees waiting to retire on their fat tax paid government pensions....

Pay more and pay up people!

[proudpapa]

“The increase is for four years. After that, the personal income tax would go down to 3.75 percent.”

Riiiight!

[proudpapa]

“The increase is for four years. After that, the personal income tax would go down to 3.75 percent.”

Riiiight!

[stubernx98]

As happened to Oregon, raise taxes and the revenue goes down.

[hosepipe]

Goody.. 2012 should be a good for republican challengers..
AND increase the roles of the TpCaucus.. even larger..

[manic4organic]

Oh sh*t. Close the northern border because here they come to Texas.

[mo]

Why does a 75% decrease in spending sound way more reasonable?

[Stosh]

Two months ago we had a chance to avoid this fiasco, and still the voters put donkeys in just about every meaningful state office.

Any moron who voted for Quinn and didn’t know this was coming deserves to be taxed for excess stupidity. Sadly, the rest of us will take it in the shorts as well.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Once people from Illinois get tired of paying a 5.25% state income tax, they’ll probably stampede down here to low-tax haven of North Carolina, where the state income tax rate is... ummm... 7.75%. Oops.

[dennisw]

That income tax increase will go entirely to paying pensions and bennies for those parasites. State worker parasites. Illinois people have to rebel or will become slaves laboring to old age to support those bums retiring early in princely style

[EVO X]

Looks like Illinois wants to grab the 2% the feds were handing out for the SS tax holiday. If they pass it quickly,
most rubes won’t even know it..