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Posts tagged "taxes"

Tax lies and the big business liars who tell them

In January, in the waning days of the 96th General Assembly, Democratic legislators in Illinois passed a massive tax increase: from 3% to 5% for the personal income tax and from 4.8% to 7% for corporate income taxes. Predictably, those against any and all tax hikes cried “businesses will leave Illinois” and screamed about how... Read more »
By thelowedown,
July 2, 2011 at 7:48 pm
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Barack to Sign Border Bill

CNN reports that President Obama will sign an emergency bill granting $600 million dollars for border security.   I saw no way Jose. What about the damn deficit? Where is paygo? I can’t support this, but the entire Senate (that’s Republicans and Democrats) can. I feel that it’s really hypocritical to do so. We aren’t... Read more »
By thelowedown,
August 13, 2010 at 2:04 am
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Illinois Lawmakers Blow Through Self-Imposed Budget Deadline

Bleeding Red Ink Get ready for more threats, demands, and gimmicks. Tonight, Illinois legislators scurried out of Springfield without passing a budget for the state. While Illinois law requires the lawmakers to have a budget by May 31st or risk a state shutdown and/or overtime legislative session, party leadership set today’s date as their deadline. Will... Read more »
By thelowedown,
May 8, 2010 at 1:01 am
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