Illinois House and Senate pass 67% income tax increase

[Torie]

5% eh. What a socialist hell hole Illinois is becoming. Oh wait a minute, if that is what Illinois is, what does that make California?    5%. I'm just panting with envy!

[Torie]

Is it true that the Dems did not cut the budget to make the books balance, so the split was 100% on the increased revenue side, and 0% on the cut spending, side Muon2?  I read that somewhere and found it hard to believe, but then, stuff happens out there.

If it was the 100-0 solution, that Obama's alleged preference for the feds squaring the circle of a 50-50 split makes him seem like a radical conservative, pinch pennying, miserly, social Darwinist, by comparison.