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Thousands rally at Illinois Capitol — for a tax increase (WTF???)
Chicago Tribune ^ | 4/21/2010 | Ray Long and Michelle Manchir

Posted on 04/23/2010 11:46:48 AM PDT by markomalley

Thousands of teachers and other union workers descended on the state Capitol on Wednesday and chanted "raise my taxes" to try to pressure politicians to avoid major budget cuts.

The vibe was the exact opposite of what you'd find at a tea party rally. But the loud chants barely resonated inside the Capitol, where lawmakers are trying to exit Springfield in a couple of weeks without voting for a tax increase that could jeopardize their re-election chances in little more than six months.

"If you try to leave town without doing your job, we're going to chase you," warned union leader Henry Bayer at a rally that drew an estimated 15,000 people — the biggest at the Capitol since the era of the Equal Rights Amendment more than a quarter-century ago.

"These 177 people who have a job don't want to do their job," said Bayer, executive director of Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. "Yes, people are hurting. That's why we need a tax increase."

But that job has a different definition for each of the 177 members in the House and Senate, and signs of any income tax proposal passing the legislature this spring are hard to find.

Gov. Pat Quinn is out front pushing his 33 percent increase in the income tax rate, but he's getting lonely. Many lawmakers don't want to take more money out of people's wallets as unemployment remains high in Illinois, yet groups that receive tax money said Quinn's proposed tax hike isn't big enough to help bridge a deficit that's expected to reach $13 billion if nothing is done.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: astroturf; chicagocorruption; flipflop; insanity; nea; obamabreakspromises; raisemytaxes; readmylips; rentamob; seiu; taxes; teachersunion; uniongoons
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To: markomalley

Illinois union rally issues threats:

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/04/unions-spreading-fear-in-illinois-you.html


21 posted on 04/23/2010 12:02:05 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
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To: markomalley

LOL~


22 posted on 04/23/2010 12:02:30 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

AH-Not Chicago then...lol....oh well...poor souls. So damaged from the liberal treatment of years and years of poor schooling and big time promises of encouragement to be lazy and dependent.


23 posted on 04/23/2010 12:03:29 PM PDT by Republic (Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they destroy our nation.)
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To: markomalley

It must have been a coordinated effort. The union punks were also in Sacramento

Union marchers propose $40 billion in tax hikes, other revenue

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/04/union-marchers.html


24 posted on 04/23/2010 12:05:26 PM PDT by twistedwrench
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To: markomalley

And I thought *teachers* were suppose to be educated.


25 posted on 04/23/2010 12:09:10 PM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: maine-iac7

Found the story ,,, that sure disappeared fast... didn’t find anything at any of the Springfield TV station websites ,, this is from across the river in Iowa. You can order a copy of the newscast for $30 from a service they use .. http://www.keepsakecopies.com/

http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=12350757


26 posted on 04/23/2010 12:09:21 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: markomalley
with their pre-printed signs - supplied by their union bosses - quite a contrast from the grass roots Tea Party folk


27 posted on 04/23/2010 12:10:30 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: markomalley

Greece has come to Illinois.


28 posted on 04/23/2010 12:11:33 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: markomalley

Public employees and union types, bused in by the Hussein administration.


29 posted on 04/23/2010 12:13:19 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: MEGoody

This is the result of a cost-benefit analysis. These people expect to get more back than they pay in taxes.


30 posted on 04/23/2010 12:13:28 PM PDT by glennaro
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To: markomalley

It wasn’t a rally, it was the world’s largest panhandle.


31 posted on 04/23/2010 12:13:57 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: markomalley
They are big on the “Obama meal” at McDonald's, where you order what ever and as much as you like and the guy behind you pays for it.
32 posted on 04/23/2010 12:14:59 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP ( Give me Liberty, or give me an M-24A2!)
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To: markomalley

“Yes, people are hurting. That’s why we need a tax increase.”

I guess the “people-are-hurting” market is set to show an increase.


33 posted on 04/23/2010 12:18:16 PM PDT by Voter62vb
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To: twistedwrench

in other news...”Rats Love Free Cheese”

California’s $500-billion pension time bomb (The staggering amount of unfunded debt)

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-crane6-2010apr06,0,6247734.story

One of the best sites around for news about CA inpending pension-driven doom:

http://www.pensiontsunami.com/public.php

VIDEO: SEIU Official Says Reforming Immigration Could Add 8 Million Democratic Votes

“We will be creating a governing coalition for the long term, not just for an election cycle.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK7K0itgQt0


34 posted on 04/23/2010 12:18:27 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"-Albert Camus)
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To: markomalley
Thousands of teachers and other union workers descended on the state Capitol on Wednesday and chanted "raise my taxes" to try to pressure politicians to avoid major budget cuts.

Obama will declare "the people have spoken" when he officially renegs on his promise to not raise taxes on those earning less than $250k a year.

35 posted on 04/23/2010 12:20:11 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
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To: markomalley

and unionized government school teachers

And I wonder what is the standing of the schools these union teachers. More than likely they couldn’t pass an 8th grade exam and the government workers look at a pot hole for two weeks before they start to fill it and then it takes 6 more workers to do it.


36 posted on 04/23/2010 12:20:25 PM PDT by Bitsy
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To: markomalley

“If you try to leave town without doing your job, we’re going to chase you,” warned union leader Henry Bayer .

Union Leader Henry Bayer: What is his job?


37 posted on 04/23/2010 12:20:30 PM PDT by Voter62vb
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To: Republic

When Obama was giving his victory speech in the park, there thousands of people watching and periodically some were being interviewed.

My husband and I heard one interview that made our jaws drop.

A young woman was asked what she thought about Obama winning the election. And she said something like, “Now that he’s elected I won’t have to worry about my car payment, or my house payment, or anything like that!”

That kind of set the tone, in my book... it showed me just how far we have fallen.


38 posted on 04/23/2010 12:27:05 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife (Utopia is being foisted on Americans for their own good.-- J. Robert Smith)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS SO FUNNY!!!! Did you make that up? Can we use it! I’d love to print out a few and stick up on some MCDonald’s menu boards...just to give the public a good laugh!


39 posted on 04/23/2010 12:29:46 PM PDT by Republic (Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they destroy our nation.)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

Yes. It is a low point right now. And it makes me so sad because it did not have to happen. Corruption within the democrat party has left an entire race behind the eight ball as it were.


40 posted on 04/23/2010 12:31:25 PM PDT by Republic (Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they destroy our nation.)
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