Durbin can’t have it both ways
by Kristina Rasmussen U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D) is hitting the media circuit raising concerns about stalled efforts to extend a temporary payroll tax holiday, warning that without action Illinois families will see their paychecks shrink: “A hundred and sixty million workers across America, 12 days from now, will see their payroll tax go up,” said Senator...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D) is hitting the media circuit raising concerns about stalled efforts to extend a temporary payroll tax holiday, warning that without action Illinois families will see their paychecks shrink:
“A hundred and sixty million workers across America, 12 days from now, will see their payroll tax go up,” said Senator Dick Durbin, (D) Illinois.
Durbin repeated the dire prediction made by Democrats around the country: the House refusal to extend the payroll tax cut means American paychecks will shrink by 2 percent on January 1.
“The average family in Illinois makes about $50,000 a year,” said Durbin.”Two percent comes to about a thousand or $1,200 a year.”
Funny, I didn’t hear Sen. Durbin expressing any qualms when Gov. Pat Quinn hiked the state income tax last January. The record tax hike is costing that same Illinois family over $800, and the paltry “relief” just approved by the legislature is little more than chump change.
Apparently, permanent rate tax hikes are more palatable to Sen. Durbin than temporary tax holidays. If not, he should give Gov. Quinn a friendly call and ask him to repeal the tax hike.