A 75% tax hike? Make Democrats Own It!‏

January 9, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, For The Good Of Illinois, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Senate, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From For The Good of Illinois…

“The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.”
– Ronald Reagan.

Do Illinois Democrats hate the private sector? Yesterday, they put their cards on the table. They want to hike our taxes by 75%- a NEAR DOUBLING of the income tax! They will increase the corporate tax rate to 10.9% the second highest in the country! On top of all this, they plan to increase spending and borrow up to $20 Billion more!

Call your state representatives. Look up their name and phone number.

No Republicans should vote for the tax hike! Click here to read our message to all Republican legislators- MAKE DEMOCRATS OWN IT.
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Don’t Give Springfield Politicians Any More Money‏

January 9, 2011 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Budget, Chicago, Crime, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Illinois Policy Institute…

The fix is in. Democratic leaders want you to bail out their spending-and-borrow addiction with a massive tax hike.

The back room deal, announced late last night, would boost the state’s personal income tax by 75 percent − up to 5.25 percent from the current rate of 3 percent. You can find out exactly what this would mean to you with our UPDATED tax hike calculator. We will have that available on IllinoisPolicy.org this afternoon.

Consider this: A firefighter and a preschool teacher with two kids earning a combined $80,000 would pay $1,620 in higher taxes under the Quinn/Madigan/Cullerton agreement. That’s on top of the $2,160 they’re already paying in state income taxes. That’s food off the table, clothes off their backs and savings from college and retirement accounts.

Will you stand up to this injustice?
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Illinois 75% Income Tax Hike on Hold, But Not For Long – ACT NOW!

January 8, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Michael Madigan, Pat Quinn, Senate, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

Democrat Speaker of the House Michael Madigan adjourned the lame duck session in Springfield today without coming to a final floor vote on Governor Pat Quinn’s 75% raise in the State’s income tax. Obviously he didn’t have the votes to pass it.

Madigan and his waste-loving Democrats will spend the next few days twisting arms and pushing state legislators to sign onto the further destruction of the state’s finances all in an effort to continue giving paybacks and special, sweetheart deals to the State’s public employees unions.

The legislature may be reconvened Sunday to take a vote if Madigan can get enough votes together.

Republican Minority Leader Tom Cross said Friday that the Democrats have made little headway in identifying cuts in order to balance the budget. “They fall woefully short on cutting and committing to not spending new money. This is the exact reason we got into this mess…If they start spending and not cutting it will be the same mess next year and the year after.”
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Tell your lawmaker to vote NO on tax increases during lame duck session‏

January 8, 2011 | Filed Under Americans For Prosperity, Budget, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Michael Madigan, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

From Americans for Prosperity, Illinois…

WOW! This year’s lame duck session in Springfield has been one of the most fast paced and productive sessions in recent memory. With only three days remaining, it appears that lawmakers will be receiving a formal legislative package that includes a request for a 75% increase in state income taxes.

It appears that the initial debate on the language will start in the House of Representatives. Our sources advise that Speaker Madigan is going to allow a straight up vote on the package. There is rumored to be 51 members in favor. In order to pass the House, the bill will need 60 votes. Therefore, it’ll be up to Governor Quinn to convince nine additional House members to move in favor of the tax hike. And so, this weekend, the hard lobbying will begin. The language of the full tax package is being drafted.

Below are the basic tenets of the package as we understand it today.
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NoIllinoisTaxHike.com: Sign the No Tax Petition

January 8, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Michael Madigan, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

Say No to the Illinois Democrats’ 75% Tax Increase

Sign the Petition at NoIllinoisTaxHike.com

Governor Pat Quinn, Senate President John Cullerton, and Speaker Michael J. Madigan (who’s also the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois) are trying to rush through a 75% Tax Increase in the final days of the lame duck session of the State Legislature.

This is the latest example of life in ~~Illinois~~ Madiganville.

While Illinois’ budget problems are grave, the answers lie in first attacking the excessive spending and enacting structural reforms that are needed before any new revenues are even considered. We cannot let the Democrats drive business out of Illinois and all of the jobs that go with it.

Madigan, Cullerton and Quinn talk a big game about reform and job creation, but they fundamentally lack the courage to make the tough decisions to put Illinois on solid financial footing. We are the only state in the union to push massive tax increases without accompanying spending cuts. Even other states with Democrat Governors like New York and California have recognized the need for cuts before tax increases. Reform exists everywhere but in ~~Illinois~~ Madiganville.

Please go to NoIllinoisTaxHike.com or to Madiganville.com to sign the online petition to send a strong and clear message to Springfield: Say No to the 75% Illinois Tax Hike!

Sponsored by the Illinois Republican Party. www.weareillinois.org

Please contact your State Representatives and tell them to VOTE NO on the tax hike. CLICK HERE for a list of our Illinois State Reps.

Illinois Policy Institute: Statement on the Governor’s Borrowing Plan‏

December 29, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Illinois Policy Institute…

On Wednesday, December 29, John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute will appear on Fox 32 WFLD, Good Day Chicago at 7:25am to discuss problems with and alternatives to Quinn’s crazy borrowing plan. Please tune in. Important details below:

GOVERNOR QUINN’S CRAZY BORROWING PLAN MAKES STATE’S PROBLEMS WORSE:
Debt-driven plan is short sighted and will lead to worsening budget pressure in the coming years

CHICAGO – Governor Quinn’s borrowing plan will worsen the state’s fiscal health, not improve it, notes the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute. The independent think tank points out that while borrowing now might give the state some temporary breathing room, the funding of core government services will be threatened in the future as the cost of debt service mounts.
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Ill. Policy Institute: Tax Hikes for Christmas

December 17, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois Policy Institute, Michael Madigan, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Illinois Policy Institute…

Governor Pat Quinn and House Speaker Mike Madigan want to stick a lump of coal in your stocking this holiday season — in the form of a lame-duck tax hike. They’re spoiling to raise taxes before the new General Assembly is sworn into office in mid-January.

Despite receiving less than 50 percent of the popular vote, Governor Quinn believes he has a “mandate” to pad his public employee union friends’ pockets while sticking Illinois families with the bill.

We’ve been here before. Remember 2009, when everyone said a tax hike was “inevitable”? Well, we stopped it then and, with your help, we can stop it again.
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Quinn Calls YOU ‘A Bunch of Haters’

October 23, 2010 | Filed Under Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

Governor Pat Quinn appeared at the Heartland Cafe before a left-wing audience on October 18. There he said that we conservatives are a “bunch of haters.”

That’s a nice, high class way to campaign for a sitting Guv, eh? Calling his own constituents “haters.”

Pat Quinn: A New Low‏

October 22, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Brady for Illinois Governor…

Desperate career politicians do desperate things. Pat Quinn is the most desperate, insider politician in Illinois.

As you may have heard, Pat Quinn’s bitter campaign against Bill has reached an historic low.

After his campaign was flagged for misleading voters in an online video distorting long-shelved legislation involving stray pets, published reports called Quinn’s video “America’s nastiest political ad,” saying it reached “a new low.”

In the middle of the worst fiscal crisis in Illinois’ history, Bill Brady believes its time for a clean break from misleading, personal attacks from career politicians like Pat Quinn and his big government allies.
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Brady for Gov.: Tough Choices in Hard Times‏

October 20, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Brady of Illinois Governor campaign…

With only two weeks before Illinois votes to make a clean break from big government, political insider Pat Quinn and his special interest, tax and spending allies have launched a desperate, last ditch effort to protect the status quo.

They’re lining up behind disgraced, convicted Governor Rod Blagojevich’s former running mate and Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn to stop Bill Brady’s campaign to clean up state government, and to create real jobs for struggling families.

On the eve of this important election, we need the help of our strongest supporters, just like you, to remind your friends and neighbors what got Illinois into this economic mess.

Seats for Brady/Quinn Debate in Elmhurst This Sunday‏

October 16, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Elections, GOP, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Brady for Illinois Governor campaign…

Come show your support Sunday night as Bill Brady debates Pat Quinn at Elmhurst College. We need you to join us as we fill the hall with supporters!

Seats are available on a first-come/first-serve basis, and space is limited, so we encourage you to arrive early. Doors open at 6:30p.m. and close at 7:45p.m. The event is free. This will be a unique opportunity to hear our candidate for Governor in person as he makes his case for a clean break in Illinois, just two weeks before the election.

Thanks very much, and don’t forget to visit bradyforillinois.com to learn more about how you can support Bill Brady.

Illinois Gubernatorial Debate
Elmhurst College: Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, Illinois
Sunday, October 17
Doors open 6:30p.m. (Debate beings at 8p.m.)

Ill. Gov: GOPs Bill Brady 9 Points Up Over Incumbent Dem Quinn

October 12, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

The Sun-Times is reporting on a new poll showing Republican Bill Brady up nine percentage points over incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn for the race for Illinois Governor. The same poll finds the Senate race deadlocked.

The survey polled 1,000 registered voters:

Brady, of Bloomington, was favored by 38.4 percent of those polled, to 29.8 percent for Quinn.

In the race for the Senate, Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk was ahead in the poll by a negligible margin — 37.3 percent to 36.8 percent for Democrat Alexi Giannoulias.

Naturally, the poll also found that third party candidates have figured little in the race.
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Bill Brady for Ill. Gov.: The Clean Break Candidate for All of Illinois‏

October 3, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

from the Brady for Governor campaign…

Just as we predicted, polls show this race is may come down to the wire!

With just over one month before Election Day, this week showed Bill Brady receiving two important endorsements for his campaign to bring more jobs to Illinois.

Days after beloved former Governor Jim Edgar’s endorsement, Bill was endorsed by the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce for his commitment to enacting pro-growth policies that create new jobs and help small businesses succeed.
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Brady for Gov: Pat Quinn Is At It Again

September 25, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Bill Brady for Illinois Governor campaign…

As a strong supporter of Bill’s campaign to stop job-killing taxes and to make government live within its means, we thought you might like to see our new television ad called, “The Truth.”

The new ad sets the record straight on Governor Pat Quinn’s misleading attacks against Bill, and highlights the Governor’s record of spending, borrowing and taxing Illinois into a fiscal crisis with double-digit unemployment.
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Quincy, Illinois Takes $6 Million for Train Station While Schools are $6 Million Unfunded

August 31, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

If the situation in Quincy, Illinois doesn’t scream “government stupidity,” nothing does. The city of Quincy is being offered $6 million in state funds to build a new train station that it doesn’t really need while at the same time the city’s school system is owed the exact same amount in unpaid state education funds.

This is government at work, folks. Starving the necessary expenditures while chasing pointless programs and waste.

Steve McQueen has all the sordid details in his post at BigGovernment.com, but the upshot is that this is waste and corruption plain and simple.
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Quinn Loses Another Campaign Staffer, This Time His Chief of Staff

August 24, 2010 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Did Quinn Fire Ethics Investigator to Help Chief of Staff?

Illinois Governor, Pat “the Accidental Governor” Quinn, has had a steady stream of campaign staffers quitting his campaign of late but this one is a bit different. Quinn’s chief of staff resigned Monday under a cloud of possible ethics violations.

Jerry Stermer, 67, is under an ethics probe for using his government sponsored email account to send campaign solicitations. Government officials are not allowed to use their government offices and other facilities for elections campaigns.

Stermer leaves a $150,000-a-year job and was Quinn’s highest paid staffer.
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Gov. Quinn Fires His PR Firm

August 22, 2010 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

As a sign that all is not well in Pat Quinn’s race for his first full term as governor, news arrives that Quinn has fired his PR firm. Seventy some days before an election and “Accidental” Governor Quinn fires his public relations firm? Apparently so.

AKPD Media (the firm started by Obama advisor David Axerod) put out a press release on the parting of ways. “We and the Quinn campaign agreed that our divergent approaches to disciplined, professional communications are incompatible. We wish Pat well,” the firm said.

AKPD is certainly a powerful agency in Illinois and knows the state well. Still, it seems that Quinn has been battling the firm internally for the last few months.

Quinn has hired another firm to carry on with the rest of the campaign. Joe Slade White, a D.C.-based outfit, will be handling the rest of Quinn’s campaign… barring another falling out, of course.

This once again shows that Pat Quinn is not a very disciplined candidate. Alreaday he’s lost the services of three spokesmen and media folks. Bob Reed, Elizabeth Austin and Marlena Jentz all quit Quinn’s employ this year.
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Illinois Republican Party Launches ‘Dismiss Quinn’ Web Site

August 17, 2010 | Filed Under Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

Site to Offer Updates, Summaries and Links to Coverage

The Illinois Republican Party today launched a comprehensive web site, DismissQuinn.com, to show voters why Pat Quinn should be “dismissed” as governor this fall. The “Dismiss Quinn” title refers to comments from the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. “Pat Quinn is a totally and completely undisciplined individual,” Washington said when he fired Quinn as his Revenue Director. “He was dismissed, he should have been dismissed. [His appointment was] my greatest mistake in government.”
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Illinois: Is the State Fair an Entitlement?

August 16, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Government, Ill. County, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston, Welfare | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Let me start this by saying I am not against state fairs. State fairs have a long tradition in America and often serve as a focal point for the community, most especially the rural, farm community. But a state fair is neither a “right,” nor an entitlement. Unfortunately, the attitude that a state must have a fair is just another abuse of what the role of government should be, especially in the United States. We are not a monarchy and when a state is billions in the red a state fair is the last thing people should be wasting state money on.

In fact I’d say canceling the state fair because of the deficit that politicians have gotten us into might be one way to get people to understand that they should be voting these politicians out of office.

In Illinois this whole state fair discussion arises from Pat “the accidental Governor” Quinn’s ire over what a Chicago-based conservative think tank said about the bankrupt state spending money it doesn’t have on an elaborate state fair.
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Brady for Illinois: Rasmussen Says Race is a ‘Toss Up’

August 13, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Brady for Illinois Governor campaign…

While political polls will come and go between now and November, we thought you’d be interested in some great news!

A new, independent poll released today shows Bill’s lead over Governor Pat Quinn is growing. The new poll shows Bill now leads Governor Quinn 48 to 35.
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Ill. Policy Institute: Hospital Rationing?‏

August 6, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

“Wedding of the Decade of the Century of the Millennium”
Well, it’s official—the dog days of summer are here. August, long known as a “slow news month” in the media business, often features some of the goofiest television news of the year. Exhibit A: the oft-breathless yet incredibly nonspecific national coverage of Chelsea Clinton’s recent wedding. You can watch Jon Stewart skewer the national media’s latest late-summer masterpieces.

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Will a Hospital Be There When You Need It?
How many hospitals does the Land of Lincoln need, and who gets to decide? In Illinois, the process is far more complicated than you might think—and, unfortunately, it also restricts access to health care across the state. Read more here.
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More Taxes and Less Jobs, Enough is Enough — Let’s Stop the Overtaxation on September 18th!

August 6, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Regulation, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

The Democrats are showing their true colors once again. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has plans to increase the Illinois income tax — continuing his policy of killing jobs and stagnating the economy.

In a recent Bloomberg article, the Illinois budget director shined the light on Quinns tax increase plan:

“Lawmakers will likely increase the personal tax to 5 percent from 3 percent, generating $6 billion of new revenue,” the budget director, David Vaught, said in an interview.
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Thanks Obama: More Illinoisans on Food Stamps Than Ever

August 4, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Pat Quinn, Regulation, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston, Welfare | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

According to the AP, there are more citizens in Illinois on food stamps than ever before.

More than 780,000 Illinois families got food stamps in June. The Illinois Department of Human Services said Monday that the figure is up 11.9 percent from a year earlier.

Is this any surprise when Illinois clocks in as having one of the worst business climates of any state in the Union?
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New Brady TV Ad: It’s Christmas in July!

July 26, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady takes on Accidental Governor Pat Quinn and his new role as Santa Claus giving his staffers raises as we “get the bill.”

www.bradyforillinois.com

Ill Gov Race: GOPs Brady Has Bigger Bang for Fundraising Bucks

July 20, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Ed McClelland over at NBC Chicago’s Ward Room blog makes a good point about reports of the two gubernatorial candidate’s fundraising. Both seem to be claiming to have $2.3 million on hand going into this leg of the campaign. But, McClelland makes the point that so far Brady’s $2.3 million is “bigger” than Quinn’s.

How is that?

Well, Brady has gotten the benefit of money from the Republican Governors Association for ads and whatnot while Quinn has not benefitted much from the Democrat Governors Association. That means that Brady doesn’t have to spend as much of his $2.3 million to reach voters as Quinn does.
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After Giving Raises, Now Ill. Gov Cuts Staffer’s Pay

July 18, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Jobs, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

If this isn’t a reed-in-the-wind sort of move, I’m not sure what is? If you’ll recall a few weeks ago Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn was left trying to explain why he was giving his staffers big raises even as he was gallivanting about the state saying how we are out of money and that we’d need to cut the budget. Well this week he is cutting staffer’s pay giving them more furlough days.

After giving out raises, now Quinn is trying to save face from that tone deaf move and requiring his staffers to endure 24 furlough days this year instead of the previous 12 day cut.

And Quinn is now putting up a grand show of his seriousness on fiscal issues by hectoring every government office to make such cuts.
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Gov. Says Ill. is Broke, but His Staffers/State Workers Get Big Raises

July 8, 2010 | Filed Under AFSCME, Budget, Campaign Finance, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Government, Ill. County, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Jobs, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Pensions, Public Employees Unions, SEIU, State Government, Taxes, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | 3 Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Many businesses across Illinois are trying to stave off closing their doors by cutting salaries and hours for employees. Some aren’t so luck and are laying off thousands of workers. Add to that dismal outlook that the state’s budget is billions in the red and politicians are so at loggerheads on how to solve the crisis that no budget can be agreed upon.

Cue accidental Governor Pat Quinn whose job, as he sees it, has been to warn Illinois that we are broke, that we can’t afford the many programs we have, that the poorest of us are at risk and that taxes will have to be raised to “fix” it all.

It’s a very bleak picture, indeed. Bleak, that is, unless you are one of Quinn’s staffers. In that case you are living high off the hog and getting an up to 20 percent raise in salary thanks to the Governor’s generosity… oh, and at the taxpayers expense, of course.
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Governor Quinn Pretends to Cut State Spending, Quinn Passes on a Real Balanced Budget

July 2, 2010 | Filed Under Americans For Prosperity, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Pat Quinn, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From Americans For Prosperity, Illinois…

Chicago, Illinois – The Illinois chapter of the grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP-IL) and it’s over 30,000 statewide members express great disappointment in Governor Quinn’s failure to VETO the states unbalanced budget.

“Over the last several weeks Americans for Prosperity and its members have written several hundreds of letters requesting the governor to Veto the budget forcing lawmakers to do their job. “Today, Governor Quinn had a chance to do just that. Unfortunately, Governor Quinn failed to do his job” said state director Joe Calomino.
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Another Journo Turned Politico Turned Journo Again

June 30, 2010 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Government, Illinois, Media, Media Bias, Newspapers, Pat Quinn, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Well we’ve got a case of another journalist that turned into a political operative that now wants to go back to being a journalist. And would you be surprised that the journo/politico/journo redux is a Democrat? I would hope you wouldn’t because the right leaning journo to politico hardly ever happens (though it has been known to).

This time it’s one Bob Reed former Chicago reporter and editor of Crain’s Chicago Business turned mouthpiece for Illinois Democratic Governor Pat Quinn. Reed quit the journalism trade to head up Pat Quinn’s communications office when he was Lt. Gov. and stayed with him when he became Illinois’ accidental governor upon the elimination of Rod Blagojevich from his lofty, bribe riddle heights. Now Reed wants to go back to being a journalist and has resigned from Quinn’s staff to pursue new opportunities.

Interestingly, Reed termed his employ in the guv’s office as just another journalistic “assignment.”
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Take Action: Tell Governor Quinn to Veto the Budget!‏

June 19, 2010 | Filed Under Americans For Prosperity, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Liberals, Pat Quinn, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From Americans for Prosperity, Illinois….

On May 25, 2010, the Illinois General Assembly shirked their duties by passing an unbalanced budget by adding $3.7 billion in new debt that will be passed on to our children and grandchildren! This new debt adds to our current $13 billion deficit and doesn’t even begin to address the $80 billion plus in unfunded pension liabilities or the billions of dollars in unfunded Medicaid liabilities.

The General Assembly’s decision to borrow against our future, in-lieu of making the tough choices, like where to cut costs and how to rein in spending, is akin to paying off a Master Card bill by charging it to a Visa Card. It’s irresponsible and incompetent!
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