Will he really work to get this passed or is it an election year stunt to placate businesses? Past hints are that cutting or eliminating the corporate income tax might be traded for a progressive income tax on individuals. http://www.illinoisobserver.net/2014/01/30/extra-madigan-proposes-50-illinois-business-income-tax-cut/

A high school kid said it all in the comment section of this article: “I think that every decent union member get behind the Harris family and others like them and demand that the unions stay out of this. Even if this story is only half true it’s disgusting.”   http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-oped-union-0130-20140130,0,4834662.story

http://watchdog.org/126366/illinois-state-of-the-state-2014/

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/illinois&id=9413064 What better evidence can there be that Illinois’ model of government is broken?

If this kind of thing sounds familiar during an election year, it’s because in his last campaign Quinn unilaterally promised state workers a big pay raise to buy their votes. http://www.kwqc.com/story/24583140/quinn-calls-for-earned-sick-days-for-illinoisans

CEO’s, tell us how you really feel…. “People have started an exodus out of Illinois physically and financially.”  “Illinois is bankrupt and not interested in fixing it except raising taxes on businesses.” “A complete and utter disaster when it comes to fiscal management.” “People have started an exodus out of Illinois physically and financially.” – See more at: http://chiefexecutive.net/illinois-is-the-48th-best-state-for-business-2013#sthash.hToMBEmD.dpuf “Illinois—a complete and utter disaster when it comes to fiscal management. The inability to address key issues that are driving debt and instead increase the tax burden on businesses AND residents is mind-boggling. This is precisely why I intend to move

http://www.illinoisobserver.net/2014/01/23/business-critics-quinn-emergency-petcoke-rules-based-on-politics/