Illinois Governor polling results.
As I suspected, there is great support for the draft movement to have Executive Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability run for Governor against the present choices of Curley, Moe, Shemp and Lisa.
It is interesting to me that “Any forgettable Republican” beats all the announced candidates, including the incumbent, Governor Squeezy. “Any forgettable Republican” comes in second to Martire.
Nerarly 300 people voted in my poll over a 24 hour period.
Double that amount and you have the number that the IEA leadership claimed supported their conciliation with
It is interesting to me that “Any forgettable Republican” beats all the announced candidates, including the incumbent, Governor Squeezy. “Any forgettable Republican” comes in second to Martire.
Nerarly 300 people voted in my poll over a 24 hour period.
Double that amount and you have the number that the IEA leadership claimed supported their conciliation with
Ralph Martire: “Nobody likes taxes. But everybody should be thankful Illinois increased its income taxes in 2011.”
By Ralph Martire
Nobody likes taxes. But everybody should be thankful Illinois increased its income taxes in 2011.
Here’s why. Illinois lawmakers just enacted a General Fund budget for fiscal 2014 that starts July 1. Even a cursory review of that budget makes three things abundantly clear. First, a structural imbalance between revenue growth on one hand and service-cost growth on the other continue to plague state government.
Overall, the fiscal 2014 budget calls for $9 out of $10 dedicated to education, health care, social services and public safety — a total of $24.5 billion in spending on services. Of that amount, however, anywhere from $8.35 billion to $8.9 billion, or 34 to 36 percent, will be deficit spending. Which is nothing new. According to the state comptroller’s office, this will be the 22nd consecutive