Quinn Gives Away Re-Election

What the fuck Quinn?

• Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is sticking by his proposals to raise income taxes even as time runs out to pass a state budget.
  
  Speaking at a Chicago church Sunday, Quinn said people must ``sacrifice'' for others. He says it's important to have a budget in which Illinoisans ``take care of our neighbor.''
  
  Quinn tells reporters the state must raise taxes to maintain services for mental health care, education, and for the poor and the unemployed.
  
  State law says legislators must pass a budget by June 30. Quinn is set to meet with lawmakers Tuesday.
  
  The governor says that if a fair proposal isn't put forward soon, he'll lay out the long-term consequences for the state.

First up, how about Illinois learns how to live within its means?

Second, there's a recession going on and we've been without a contract for two years - that's a lot of sacrifice on our part already seeing as how during that time Shortshanks, Blago and Stroger all jacked up our taxes. Oh yeah, and all of them took pay raises at some point during that two years. Where is the shared sacrifice there?

We're getting damn sick and tired of carrying the politicians dead asses around, all whining about sacrifice, while handing out more and more of our dwindling paychecks to people without the motivation or wherewithall to make their own way in the world.

We hope some of the "consequences" Quinn lays out are some drastic cuts in government. We could do with less of that.