The irony is that the same politicians who are about to pass these tax hikes have been howling for more than a year about the 2017 federal tax cuts, which they say raised taxes on the state.
The article mentioned Underwood campaigning against the tax cuts. She’s toast in 2020 – a one term rep. There’s no way that district goes blue again when voters come out again in 2020 to vote out the blue wave. The thing is that outside of Chicago and some Chicago suburbs, Trump is actually popular and there are plenty of Republicans, its just that many of them don’t vote because they have been lead to believe that IL is only Democrat. I have family members and friends who support Trump and would generally lean Republican if they voted, but they don’t… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The article mentioned Underwood campaigning against the tax cuts. She’s toast in 2020 – a one term rep. There’s no way that district goes blue again when voters come out again in 2020 to vote out the blue wave. The thing is that outside of Chicago and some Chicago suburbs, Trump is actually popular and there are plenty of Republicans, its just that many of them don’t vote because they have been lead to believe that IL is only Democrat. I have family members and friends who support Trump and would generally lean Republican if they voted, but they don’t… Read more »