Seriously, what world is this man living in?
You know what? I hope he gets his tax hike.
Why?
Because then everyone who voted for him to 'save the children' can watch that money be squandered just like the rest of the money the state gouges from the people as they drive us deeper into debt.
And yeah, I'll say "I told you so".
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That's 46% of the folks who VOTED. It's probably more like 15% of the entire governed population.
Most of the population doesn't bother registering to vote or voting. The only think you can deduce from that is that they really, really want to be left alone.
John Kass in the Chicago tribune has this little routine pretty well nailed down. Quinn get in; pushes through a 33% tax hike to cover the increasing corruption tax need. Come 2012, the voters will be pissed at him, and Lisa Madigan comes to save us all. Then Mike Madigan has his daughter in the governors mansion. We have only seen the tip of the hosing we are about to get. Madigan and Cullerton are the evil cabal in this state. Make no mistake. Madigan spent millions seeing to it that the Democrats that were in tight races won their seats. Not one of them would say that they would support anybody else in the role of Speaker. Read Kass' columns. He knows about the guys behind the guys.
That statement is more evidence of how delusional Quinn is.
His promise that the income tax increase will "probably" lead to local property tax abatement is another. I've lived in this state my entire life and have never seen any taxes reduced. The lottery was promoted years ago as being dedicated to funding education and that it would increase education funding. All that happened was that general revenue appropriations for education were reduced by the amount that the lottery brought in and were spent elsewhere.
It looks like time to try out the new recall amendment. Have it ready to file when he's sworn in for the new term.
Unfortunately, the recall amendment was another fast one the state legislature pulled on us (just like Hat Trick's excellent example of the lottery switcheroo). Here's what a recall will require: The proposal allowed voters to recall the governor and required that at least 20 state representatives and 10 state senators, equally balanced from each party in each chamber, sign a notice of intent to recall the governor before a petition can begin to be circulated. Then the petition has to have enough signatures to equal 15% of the number of votes cast in the last election for governor (about 550,000). Quinn is not likely to screw up as bad as Blago and piss off both sides of the aisle. I voted for this constitution change, as it was better than nothing. But not by much. I shoulda sent Brady more money....
I think there's fifteen downstate Dems who would line up to recall him
God, I hope you're right....
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