‘We think it’s a dangerous precedent’: Illinois Farm Bureau and state republicans oppose the ‘Progressive Tax’ amendment – WQAD (Moline)

Michael Zecher, President of the Mercer County Farm Bureau, warned that the concern lies in the precedent being set: "The state of Illinois has a definite problem with sticking to a budget. And one of the catches behind this current proposal is that it really doesn't come anywhere even close to meeting the deficit that the state experienced when they passed their budget this year."