posted by leo
on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 09:16
The Good:
Cheering for a tax hike feels unnatural, but cheer we will. After years of delays, Illinois lawmakers early Wednesday finally embraced the inevitable: raising the state’s personal and corporate income tax rates.
The Bad:
Remember that Illinois needs 600,000 more people working to restore employment to the level it was a decade ago. Then burn 1/12/11 into your brain — along with the phrase "Goodbye, jobs."
UPDATE: So why does it take the New York Times to state the obvious.
Issue:
