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Gov. Quinn’s Tax Proposal Is Sure to Drive out of Illinois the Very People and Businesses We Need to Help Rebuild Our Economy
Chicago Young Republicans React to the Proposed Income Tax Increase

Chicago, IL – On March 10, 2010 Governor Pat Quinn unveiled the proposed Illinois budget to the General Assembly.

March 11, 2010
BY DAVE McKINNEY AND STEVE CONTORNO Sun-Times Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD -- Uncorking a risky election-year gambit, Gov. Quinn on Wednesday proposed a 33 percent increase in the state income tax to avoid "sacrificing the future of a generation of children."

By Rachel Hoff 03/10/10 at 12:00 AM

A new poll of America’s 18-29 year-olds released yesterday by Harvard’s Institute of Politics gives the Republican Party serious hope for change in 2010.

Illinois Republicans finally have a gubernatorial candidate, and for now at least he holds a 10-point lead over incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds State Senator Bill Brady leading Quinn 47% to 37%. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and nine percent (9%) are undecided.

By Sean J. Miller - 03/09/10 11:31 AM ET

In another worrisome sign for Democrats, a greater number of young Republicans are prepared to go to the polls in the 2010 election, according to a new survey.

The enthusiasm of young Democratic voters is waning, according to the poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics.

And it could spell trouble for the party.

By Hal Dardick and Todd Lighty, Tribune reporters
9:26 PM CST, March 8, 2010

A stealth payroll loaded with friends, relatives and political operatives of Chicago aldermen appears to violate a ban on political hiring and was not revealed to the federal court overseeing city hiring, the court-appointed monitor concluded Monday.

Noelle Brennan cited a series of "actual or potential abuses," including many highlighted by the Tribune in November when it documented the existence of the $1.3 million Finance Committee payroll.

Posted by Greg H. at 3/4/2010 11:50 AM CST on Chicago Business

As Gov. Pat Quinn prepares to release his proposed state budget next
week, Illinois House Republicans are offering their own agenda for economic
reform.

In cooperation with the Illinois Policy Institute, a libertarian think
tank, House Rs want a combination of procedural shifts and spending cuts
that they say would make government work better.

Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to fill the biggest deficit in Illinois history includes cuts so severe that 17,000 teachers could lose their jobs, thousands of poor families would get less help with child care and fewer state troopers would patrol the roads, a top Quinn aide said Saturday.

Such cuts will be necessary even if lawmakers agree to the governor's call for an income tax increase, said Quinn budget director David Vaught.

Check out Isaac at CPAC on PJTV with Dana Loesch.