66% Tax Increase for IL – Good!
Jan 12, 2011 A 66 percent increase in the individual state income tax passed the General Assembly early today and is on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn for his signature. In the House, the contentious tax-hike bill was approved with 60 “yes” votes, the minimum number of votes needed for passage, to 57 “no.” No Republicans voted for Senate Bill 2505. Ten lame-duck Democrats — whose terms expire at noon today — all voted for the tax hike. See the House roll call. In the Senate, the vote was 30-29, also the minimum needed to pass the tax bill.
This is good. (Of course I don’t live in IL anymore). Good because taxes, if there are any, should be at the state level not at the federal level where the voter is too far removed from the tax/spend decisions. And the closer the people who CONTROL the tax are the to people voting to give them that control, the more the PEOPLE’s VOTE will count toward how the money is collected and spent. This is the way it was supposed to work. (Not taxes at the Fed Level).
The result is a local citizenry agreeing with the move or disagreeing with it. Then they vote those people in or out. The voters of IL have voted for people who are making higher taxes happen, the people have the RIGHT in this country to vote for such people. If the people in South Carolina want cake, but IL chooses broccoli, then so be it. The state should make that choice. The people either vote a change, or move to where living matches their lifestyle.
This is how the government was set up in the beginning. Not because of cake or broccoli, but because of religion. The last thing the founders wanted was a “federally” sanctioned religion. There were many religious sects the time and the states decided what they wanted or didn’t want. Then people moved to that place for the lifestyle the wanted to achieve; freedom of religion, freedom of choice.
We “react” to 66% taxes “passed” in IL. But we shouldn’t unless we live there. That is THEIR business, that’s what the people THERE have voted for, and the people in IL either condone it by voting them back in next time, or throw them out.
(The above posted by The Patriot’s Flag on the Free Republic)
The Bottom Line
Of course for those of us who disagree with higher taxes and more government control, the IL legislature is giving us an excellent example of why you should not ever vote for Democrats. Not one Republican voted for this measure in IL. But again, it is only a “lesson learned” for us … let them eat brocolli.
