'"I will be
forthright and specific," declared Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday in
the prelude to his budget address, which was anything but that.
The Democratic governor, who assumed office in January
2009 in the wake of his predecessor Rod Blagojevich's impeachment, is up for
re-election this year. So naturally, his budget speech is really a stump
speech. Hence, Mr. Quinn omitted references to the state's income and corporate tax hikes in
January 2011, which will are slated to sunset at the end of the year.
Instead, he noted that "the issue of expiring revenue this year
is a real challenge" because "extreme and radical cuts will be
imposed on education and critical public services" if "action is not
taken to stabilize our revenue code."' READ MORE
Title: "Brace for Tax
Hikes, Illinois"
Author: Allysia Finley
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date Published: March 28, 2014
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