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One Republican Thinks You're Getting a 'Free Ride' on Your Income Taxes
Jim Edgar tells Reboot Illinois that tax hikes, program cuts and leadership are desperately needed in Springfield. And Pat Quinn brings you Squeezy the Python.
With Democrats now holding a supermajority in the Illinois House and Senate as well as the governor's office, one might suppose a Democratic agenda would be a slam dunk in Springfield. As recent years have shown, however, single-party control doesn't guarantee the wheels of government grind smoothly. And former Gov. Jim Edgar, who served from 1991 to 1999, suggests that probably won't change anytime soon. In a wide-ranging interview with the new website Reboot Illinois, Edgar says Springfield is less dysfunctional when the two parties share power. "More times than not I think split government works pretty well. The reason is to make the tough decisions you need both parties. It’s hard to get one party to put up all the votes and take all …
Fed Up
2:45 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
What REAL world are your talking about? Like time of welfare? We all chose our professions and planed accordingly. Now we should change the rules? Here's a start NO FOOD STAMPS aka:LINK cards, NO UNEMPLOYMENT, NO WELFARE, NO SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, you the picture. No my pension in not controlled by the state, but to say get rid of all pensions now. I would agree to that if I had not been investing … more ›