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Great White Rat says:

April 23, 2010 at 2:31 pm

If these union drones want their taxes raised, there’s nothing that says they can’t write an additional check to the Illinois state treasurer.

Or maybe the legislators can cave and give them exactly what they’re asking for – a bill that raises the tax rate on all public sector union members, while leaving the private sector alone. After all, the higher taxes will be offset by the higher benefits they’re demanding.

I kid, of course. Leftists never voluntarily part with their own resources.

The legislators need to find some backbone here. Otherwise Illinois will be on the way to Californication.
Neo says:

April 23, 2010 at 3:49 pm

I see a simple compromise here … raise taxes on union members.
Lorica says:

April 23, 2010 at 4:00 pm

The real odd thing is that most of these state employees took the day off of work, yet the Govenor says he can’t cut any where in the budget, and has to raise our taxes. I see 15,000 cuts he could make and it apparently wouldn’t make a difference in the level of state services.

I tell ya you just can’t make this stuff up. Most of these idiots were bussed down from Chicago just to make hay. Well they only proved that for too long this state has been run by idiots who listen to idiots. – Lorica
Drew says:

April 23, 2010 at 10:57 pm

On behalf of the balance of the residents of the former great state of Illinois, I’d like to formally apologize to the readers of ST for the juvenile, no, dishonest, behavior of IL public sector employees.
Common Sense Political Thought says:

April 24, 2010 at 9:52 am

If you want to pay higher taxes, you are perfectly able to contribute voluntarily…

The obvious answer to the cry of “Raise our taxes” is to point out that they can, voluntarily, raise their own taxes by making additional contributions to the state’s general fund; that’s perfectly legal and certainly allowable….
Dana says:

April 24, 2010 at 9:59 am

Personally, I liked this paragraph:

Lawmakers, however, are leery about voting to raise taxes during a sluggish economy with an election less than seven months away. At the Capitol, it’s thought that the earliest a tax increase vote will come is after the November election.

Now, if they really believe that the most responsible thing to do is to raise taxes rather than cut spending, why don’t they have the courage to do so before they face the voters?
Carlos says:

April 24, 2010 at 11:20 am

@GWR: “I kid, of course. Leftists never voluntarily part with their own resources.”

And that is the entire argument in a nutshell. Union employees have come to consider all money (employers’ for non-public sector unions, taxpayers’ for public sector) as theirs, and hell won’t have it if any of THEIR money is unrighteously held back.

Sad. Really sad.
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Tex says:

April 25, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Unions + Liberals = Economic Collapse
Brontefan says:

April 25, 2010 at 3:13 pm

Isn’t that their ultimate goal?
PatrickKelley says:

April 25, 2010 at 3:46 pm

I would be interested in knowing how many of these fifteen thousand were actual rank-and-file union members and how many were “bussed in” from World Can’t Wait, Code Pink, etc. If you scratched the surface enough you might smell a foul odor.

Also note that most of the unions seem to be state or municipal government employees unions. The worse mistake ever made was in allowing government workers, who are supposed to be public servants, to unionize, another rip-off you can thank Democrats for.

Most employees who are union members of private sector jobs wouldn’t be doing this, I suspect, with the exception of the SEIU and some teacher’s unions (somebody else that shouldn’t be allowed to unionize). The SEIU of course is a communist front group in my opinion, the third initial in their name kind of gives that away.

It’s outrageous that public employees would have the gall to demand higher taxes. The next time we “throw the bums out” we should really clean house all the way down the line.
Carlos says:

April 25, 2010 at 7:50 pm

It’s easy to take chances with other peoples’ money.

That’s the basis for public sector unions.

And when you get right down to it, that’s the basis for unions to begin with.
Kate says:

April 27, 2010 at 8:05 am

Why not crash their party with signs like: “Take my seniority, too!” Or “My Union rep made me carry this sign” or “Higher taxes and mores days off” or “Meet me in the unemployment line”..

Being a “teamster” wife, I see a lot of this stupid propaganda mailed to us from the international….my husband shrugs it off, he has had his seniority overlooked by the backroom deals between union locals and businesses….there is no union integrity, it’s all about power and money.

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