illinois taxes almost doubled

[rbailleu]

yesterday in the dead of night the illinois legislature voted to raise taxes on everyone and every business in the state. from 3% to 5%. 66% increase. anybody else in illinois concerned. I wonder what RR donelly will do.

[mattbeals]

Maybe they'll come to Washington like Boeing left us for Illinois...

[Joe]

yesterday in the dead of night the illinois legislature voted to raise taxes on everyone and every business in the state. from 3% to 5%. 66% increase. anybody else in illinois concerned. I wonder what RR donelly will do.

Yes, after the lavish inauguration parties they had at the state capitol two days before it's a real slap in the face. There is not one politician at the state level that is not a flat out thief in this whole state. We should change the name of the state to corruption.

On the plus side, our state taxes are still cheaper than neighboring Iowa and Wisconsin.

[rbailleu]

yes wisconsin and iowa are higher, but misouri, indiana and kentucky seem to be interesting options. I personally dont see a mass exodus. I am unpset that they have not looked at any options to cut costs.
thats what I now have to do. to the estimated sum of $2500. plus the increased cost of goods from companies that will have to raise prices.

[rbailleu]

if you want stories of corruption talk to karl williams in springfield about selling printing equipment to the state. he hired private investigators to catch the guys asking for bribes. actually caught a couple and the charges would eventually be dropped when it got high enough up the ladder.

[Joe]

if you want stories of corruption talk to karl williams in springfield about selling printing equipment to the state. he hired private investigators to catch the guys asking for bribes. actually caught a couple and the charges would eventually be dropped when it got high enough up the ladder.

So it was just business as usual!

[rbailleu]

exactly. they cant ever play it straight

[CD102]

exactly. they cant ever play it straight

And it doesn't matter what political party or governing body they belong to. You've got crooks everywhere.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me that one political party in Illinois basically sat on the sidelines during the whole thing. They all cast their no votes, but I didn't see them suggest any specific cuts or proposals for anything different. I'm guessing they knew an increase was necessary (because both parties spent money the state didn't have for years), but they won't have to suffer any consequences since they didn't vote for it. Chicken salad?

[rbailleu]

I would not want to get to political about which party got us into this mess. yes they both have crooks

but to be frank I think down state would be better off if we split illinois into 2 states. everything north of I 80 east dekalb would be the new state of chicago. whats left is illinois.

[Joe]

I would not want to get to political about which party got us into this mess. yes they both have crooks

but to be frank I think down state would be better off if we split illinois into 2 states. everything north of I 80 east dekalb would be the new state of chicago. whats left is illinois.

It's got my vote.