I opened my Chicago newspapers and both had news about Governor Pat Quinn’s 50% income tax hike proposal.

The Chicago Tribune’s headline screamed,

The highlighted summary said,

• Raise income tax 50 percent. Individuals would pay 4.5 and corporations 7.2 percent.
• Double driver’s license fees to $20.
• Raise license plate sticker fee $20, to $99.
• Triple income tax exemption to $6,000 per person.
• Declare state sales tax holiday for 10 days in August on clothing, school supplies.
• Provide modest bump in education funding.
• Include major construction program for mass transit, roads and schools.

And, under Quinn’s photo appears

“Gov. Pat Quinn supports legislation to boost tax by up to $1 per pack over two years.”

On the front page of yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times says,

GOV UNVEILS BUDGET
HOW
IT’LL
HIT
YOU

Later, when the mail arrived, there was a fund raising pitch from National Taxpayers United of Illinois’s Jim Tobin.

The outside of his envelope read

STOP GOV. QUINN’S TAX
INCREASES!

Got your attention yet?

Have you called your state legislators?