Chart of the week: Your share of $37 billion

Last week, Springfield lawmakers took the first step in taking an additional week’s worth of your wages. Over the course of 11 hours, Illinois lawmakers introduced 73 bills and spent almost $7,700 for every full-time worker in the state. This level of spending assumes that the promised 2011 income tax hike won’t begin to sunset...

Last week, Springfield lawmakers took the first step in taking an additional week’s worth of your wages.

Over the course of 11 hours, Illinois lawmakers introduced 73 bills and spent almost $7,700 for every full-time worker in the state.

This level of spending assumes that the promised 2011 income tax hike won’t begin to sunset at the end of this year. This package of bills spends above and beyond the state’s revenue estimates by $2.8 billion – if passed, lawmakers will soon be telling you that they have to raise taxes.

It is time for Illinois workers to tell Springfield NO to a tax hike. If Springfield politicians can’t live within their means, they shouldn’t take even more of our hard-earned wages.