Dear Governor Quinn,
We're in a recession. The media sometimes likes to call it a depression. The word economy is mentioned at least twenty times in a thirty minute local news cast. I get it times are tough.
What annoys me is Illinois government, you in particular, feel like making it tougher.
Read my lips...NO NEW TAXES!
I don't want my income tax raised 50% so you can deduct 4.5% of my wages...news flash, here in the great state of Illinois we already have higher taxes here than most states. A 3% income tax is enough thank you very much.
I'm not sure why you can't balance the budget, but the way I see it, every year we play chicken. The Illinois' government tells the tax payers that not only do we not have a budget but it's not going to be balanced. And let me tell you, Governor Quinn, this phenomena is baffling to us simple tax paying folks because we thought ya'll were salaried and where we come from you continue to work until the task at hand is done before you get to go home. See here in the real world, we don't get to recess and run home even if we don't get our work done. Here in the reality, if you leave your employment for weeks at a time, the "session" doesn't resume when you decide to come back. Rather you will find yourself in the unemployment line without a job and possibly without food or shelter. And no, we don't have a complementary governor's mansion to crash at when times get tough.
Yet every year the Illinois Government finds a way to spend more money, pass a "budget", and tax my income. Not to mention everything I purchase with that income and the gas I buy so I can make my income. Now all of a sudden, times are tough and you want more money to "balance" the budget. My advice to you is to cut back on your spending...that's the way we balance a budget here in the real world. We don't go back to our bosses if we spend our income before we get paid again and ask for more.
Further, you know that whole transparency in government thing you're talking about. It's really good political speech, but us tax payers are more concerned with the money you're taking from us than your press release the same day on the need for the government to be transparent. 'Cause guess what, we know your a politician and your definition of transparency will always be different than ours and rhetoric won't feed our families.
Please get some common sense, try talking to the common folk, and please stop turning me, a card carrying democrat, into a republican. Word to the wise, we know you didn't get elected this time for the job since the former governor was corrupt but you will have to get elected next time and this 50% income tax increase isn't going to make us vote for you or any of your friends in Springfield.
Sincerely,
A Constituent
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Just had to say I totally agree with you on this one! I saw the headline online about increasing income tax about 50% and about choked. I know that there is a major budget shortfall, and honestly, I might be open to a MODEST tax increase after many cuts if it meant keeping essential programs, but 50%?! WTF?!
Yeah, this is pretty ridiculous.
Bear, when will you be running for State Governor? Soon, I hope.
Wow! Are you sure you are liberal? I think you are leaning toward the dark side. (Insert evil laugh here.)
What burned me is what he considers middle class- two working parents with kids making less than $60,000. That would be the highest bracket that would have the cuts to balance the income tax increase. A four person family on $60,000 per year? While that is probably middle class, it probably is more on the lower end of middle class.
I'm happy to know that I will be paying for all the scum I see every day at work for them to do nothing other than make babies, pick up new crimes, and be a plague on society. Yes, I am bitter.
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