[econjack]

The income tax increase means individuals will pay 4.95 percent instead of 3.75 percent. The corporate rate jumps to 7 percent from 5.25 percent.

That whooshing sound you hear is businesses rushing to leave the state. Couple that with Rahm Emanuel's new plan that won't let Chicago high school student graduate without a gov't-approved "plan", and I think that whoosh is going to be deafening.

[dangerdoc]

That’s a lower rate than the last two states I’ve lived in. Surely the libs can afford to pay more than that, after all, it’s for the children.