Roskam on State of the State: Quinn tax hike failed

Governor Pat Quinn's so-called temporary income tax has failed on multiple levels. As for unpaid bills, Illinois is still has an $8 billion backlog of unpaid bills. And look at this chart from US Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), the Chief Deputy Whip, which shows unemployment has gone up since that lame duck session 13 months ago when the Prairie State's personal income tax was hiked by 67 percent and corporate income taxes were hiked by 46 percent.

Illinois is red. The blue states border Illinois. Look at us, we are hemorrhaging jobs.

We are going the wrong way.

In 45 minutes, Quinn will present his State of the State address. The state of the state is not sound.

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