Skillicorn Hammers adigan on Income Tax Hike

A press release from Allen Skillicorn, one of four Republican candidates seeking to succeed State Rep. Mike Tryon:

MADIGAN, INCOME TAX HIKE IS NOT THE SOLUTION

East Dundee, IL – Allen Skillicorn, Republican candidate for State Representative, criticized remarks by Democrat Speaker Michael Madigan Wednesday.

During a presentation to the City Club of Chicago, Madigan continued to marginalize the Governor’s reforms as “extreme” and “unreasonable.”

Madigan then said, the first step to resolving the state budget impasse is raising the state income tax.

Allen Skillicorn

Allen Skillicorn

“Speaker Madigan, you’ve made it plainly clear that deficits and debt are the greatest threat to our state.” Skillicorn continued,

“Instead of kicking the can down the road or making excuses, isn’t it time to adopt the basic structural reforms to fix Illinois’s economic woes?”

Allen Skillicorn is running in the Republican primary for Rep. Mike Tryon’s open-seat in the 66th State House District. Allen lives in East Dundee with his wife Heather and 5-year-old Doberman, McFly.


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Skillicorn Hammers adigan on Income Tax Hike — 13 Comments

  1. Hiking pension benefits while pensions were already underfunded was an easy way to get votes.

    That’s the biggest problem.

    Happened for 40 years.

    Yet most people still haven’t figured that out including the press.

  2. The courts and constitution will not let pension promises be diminished. A state cannot go bankrupt so the debt will have to be paid.

  3. ^That’s why Illinois needs to amend their constitution.

    Who won’t let that happen?

    Democrats in the General Assembly.

  4. These “press releases” Skillicorn keeps making are beyond comical.

    He continuously quotes himself on things he’s never actually said to anyone.

    Criticizing Madigan is one thing.

    But, writing in the first person as if he actually said these things to him, or in a public forum is a little weird.

  5. The only person in McHenry County I have seen propose any ideas in Springfield worth merit is Franks.

    He said if you close loop holes to three programs (off shore drilling being one of them), you IMMEDIATELY infuse $1.5B into the coffers.

    That infusion would make a dent into the governor’s out of balance budget as well as the democrats out of balance budget.

    Let’s face it, there will be no call for a Constitutionals Amendment so we have to figure a way to handle the revenue challenge we have in this state.

    Our neighbors to the north have a progressive tax system, as does our neighbor to the west.

    Personally I wouldn’t want to live in the neighbor to the east.

    MN taxed the heck out of the rich amid the claim the sky is falling and today they have a….wait for it….SURPLUS.

    More states in the U.S. have a higher state income tax than we do.

  6. DMAC57: Yup! That’s the answer!

    Increase taxes!

    In addition, improve access to toll roads to expedite exit!

  7. How will the courts force the state to pay the pensions if the pension funds are allowed to run dry?

    Under the Illinois Constitution, only the General Assembly can appropriate money or raise state taxes.

    The Illinois Supreme Court could try to order the General Assembly to appropriate the money, but the members of the General Assembly have immunity for their official acts, so they might tell the Court to go pound sand. They could even decide to impeach the justices if things got really nasty.

    Since this is Illinois, nothing would really surprise me, but I don’t see any way that all the pensions get paid in full.

    The hole is too deep to dig out of.

  8. According to Truth in Accounting, every man, woman, and child in Illinois owes over $45,000 in debt.

    DMA, you can write your check payable to Speaker Madigan.

  9. What a brave press release from Mr. Skillikorn. It’s great when politicians share original ideas that nobody ever thought of.

  10. Cal…Ask Jack.

    I am sure he would love to expound on what he talked about on the House floor several months ago.

    And with answers like Mr. Skillicorn, I see yet a another candidate who talks about the challenge and offers no solution(s).

  11. Currently:
    39 Democrats and 20 Republicans in the Senate.

    70 Democrats and 47 Republicans in the House (one seat vacant)

    Current status of candidates for 2016 (subject to change due to
    some challenges):

    In the House:

    46 seats with no Republican candidate
    29 seats with no Democrat candidate
    43 seats with both Republican and Democrat candidates

    In the Senate:

    20 seats with no Republican candidate
    10 seats with no Democrat candidate
    10 seats with both Republican and Democrat candidates

    What are the odds that the Republicans can take control of either branch of the Legislature?

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