Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady issued the following statement regarding Governor Pat Quinn's decision to post preliminary budget information online today:Even though Governor Quinn is putting Illinois in even more economic peril by pushing off his state budget, we're glad Governor Quinn and the Democrats are finally taking steps to listen to Illinoisans after years of mismanagement and 'government knows best' policies. The people of Illinois want to get their state back on track to economic prosperity by promoting pro-growth policies and to getting rid of regulation and uncertainty that leave job creators hesitant.
The question is if Governor Quinn will listen and actually use the public's input on our economic woes or if this is an underhanded attempt to push off the state budget again and promote his tax increase agenda. Now at $13 billion in the red, Illinois needs to start with widespread reforms and spending cuts to fix our economic landscape. Only when the voters are confident our state government can be trusted to spend their taxpayer dollars should we start talking about increasing taxes.
I'd like to add that Quinn needs to listen to ordinary Illinoisans. What is troubling to me is that Quinn is too cozy with public sector unions such as SEIU (which endorsed him in the Democratic Primary) and AFSCME, who Quinn says "are my good friends."
As I've said before, public sector unions are interested in more government--and the taxpayer loses. Bigger government means bigger spending.
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