Sunday, December 16, 2012
Illinois Cigarette Tax
How unpopular is Illinois governor Pat Quinn?
For anyone who works in Illinois, did you notice that your paycheck shrunk thanks to Pat Quinn's income tax increase. What is this guy thinking?
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He's thinking, "We've already slashed the hell out of services, street repair and state employee pensions/pay, we're taxing the bejeezus out of cigarettes and alcohol and we're still in fiscal ruin. We don't have much choice left but to increase income tax."
Members of the Senate Executive Cmte, hear testimony on the proposal to raise the cigarette tax in Illinois by $1 a carton, to raise $350 million ...