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‘He’s a Disaster’: Chris Christie Slams Illinois Governor

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said Friday that he’s not worried about businesses leaving for Illinois because Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is “a disaster.”

Hes a Disaster: Chris Christie Slams Illinois Governor

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, R

Christie‘s comments come as ads are set to appear in three New Jersey business publications on Monday criticizing the state’s business climate. They were paid for by the advocacy group For a Better Chicago and are in retaliation for an ad campaign Christie launched to encourage businesses in Illinois to relocate to New Jersey.

“Let me tell you something: We won‘t lose any business to Illinois as long as Pat Quinn’s the governor,” Christie, a Republican, said during a news conference Thursday. “He’s a disaster.”

The Chicago group said it’s taking out the ads to set the record straight on which state has the best business climate.

“We understand that governors have to be cheerleaders for their states, but the claims Gov. Christie is making are so far from the truth,” said Jake Braun, For a Better Chicago spokesman.

The Chicago ads, which say “Rhetoric is nice, reality matters,” focus on New Jersey’s high property taxes and cost of living.

Christie launched his campaign after Quinn, a Democrat, raised personal income taxes to 5 percent from 3 percent and corporate business taxes to 9.5 percent from 7.3 percent to help balance his budget.

In print and radio ads, Christie reiterated his commitment not to raise taxes. Christie also took a trip last month to Chicago to meet with business leaders.

Quinn spokeswoman Brie Callahan said Quinn has more important things to do than worry about Christie.

“Instead of making personal attacks on other governors, Gov. Quinn is focused on getting our state’s fiscal house in order and continuing to make Illinois an even stronger economic competitor,” she said.

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  • ChicagoGOP
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:41pm

    Christie is 100% right. Our little weasel of a governor even welched out on a public bet he made with Wicsonsin governor Scott Walker during the NFL playoff game where the Bears lost to the Packers. Quinn is a miserable little coward and a liar. And knowing this city as I do, I don’t doubt for a minute that the little rats that count the votes in Chicago cheated for Quinn to beat Bill Brady.

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  • justice
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:39pm

    Good luck Illinois, you picked them , you got them.

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    • BEH
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:53pm

      Not downstate, the machine in Chicago picked him!

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:00pm

      Fear not, you can always recall him, Just like we’re gonna do in Wisconsin.

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:39pm

    Illinois has been in the top 6 to 10 on just about every ‘worst of” list regarding business since 1995 that I know. You just can’t whitewash that kind of data. Smart business people don’t have to do a lot of research to scratch Illinois from their list of prospective States in which they would move their business. As a reluctant Illinois resident, this sort of information catches my eye when I peruse the business news and I have been, sort of, keeping track.

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  • Redistributor
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:33pm

    Damn that Christie but he’s right. I hate hearing it because I reside in Illinois!!!

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  • illogger
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:26pm

    Get it right people it‘s not Illinois it’s the Peoples Republic of Illinois.

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    • restorehope
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:40pm

      You are right. My grandfather was an endangered species: He was a Republican precinct captain on the Chicago‘s south side in the 1950’s. You did not advertise the fact that you belonged to the “other party”.

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  • restorehope
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:20pm

    Nothing will change things in Illinois. The machine has been entrenched there for generations. The Dems have so entrapped families into dependency on them for jobs and favors in their neighborhoods. The average joe would never think of voting against the hand that feeds him. And it is a system like that which produces corrupt politicians that think they can do anything they want because they have such complete control over their serfs.

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    • now what the...
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:36pm

      My first post to date I‘ve been reading with interest for a cpl of months now I’ll get to it An article by Malcolm Berko in our newspaper today seems to sum up “ Chicago Way” very nicely Malcolm gives credit for the story to former Florida governor,U.S. congressman. and U.S. senator Lawton Chiles. Anyway Chiles was having a conversation with a fellow Floridian he’d known for about 30 yrs., about Congress, when the man suddenly changed topics and asked Chiles “Do you know how we catch hogs here in the panhandle?” Chiles was somewhat startled by the abrupt change conversation, but knowing a bit about animal husbandry, he gave what he felt was a pretty good answer. His associate smiled politely and commented, “that ain’t what I had in Mind” And he proceeded to give Chiles his answer: “First,“ he said ”you got to pick a fine open spot in these woods here and seed it with corn. Them hogs can’t see very good, but they can smell that corn from a mile in any direction. And pretty soon, they start comin‘ every day to feast because it sure beats root’n and search’n for food.
      “Then when them hogs get real comfortable comin’ every day for the easy corn you build a sturdy 40-foot fence down one side of open woods where them hogs are used to com’n. the fence side will make them hogs a little shy, but after a few days, they’ll come round back again to eat easy corn,
      “And when them hogs start paying no mind to that 40 foot section, you build another sturdy 40-foot section. They’ll shy away for a time but come back, and you continue to do this until you have all four sides of the fence built with a swing gate on the final side. And now you’ve got yourself a big corral.
      “Well them hogs ain’t the smartest animals in the woods, but they‘s sure used to that free corn and will soon be com’n through the gate. And when enough of them come through, you slam the gate shut, and you’ve got yourself a big swine herd.
      “Them hogs will get exited and run around the perimeter of the corral, grunt‘n squeal’n and paw’n, but they won’t be able to push themselves past that sturdy fence. So it don‘t take long till they go back to eat’n that free and easy corn. And it ain’t long till them hogs are so accustomed to free corn that they forget how to forage through the woods for themselves and welcome their captivity.” And says Chiles , that is precisely what’s happening in our cities, states and country today. The government provides crop subsidies, income subsidies,fuel subsidies.housing subsidies,and mortgagesubsidies The government has health insurance programs, drug programs, and employment programs. They determine bank-lending criteria, hiring practices, workplace rules, and tells us how to run our public school systems, what foods we should eat ,and what crops to plant So as a result we are losing our freedoms a little bit at a time just like a herd of stupid near sighted hogs

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    • tierrah
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:32am

      @now what the…: your first post was a doozie! Being from the South, I truly enjoyed the read. Thanks

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 1:13pm

      now what the… Thanks for a great post. I copied it and sent it to everyone I know, including the liberals.

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  • mike_trivisonno
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:08pm

    0% Income Tax
    2% Sales Tax

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  • BEH
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:07pm

    “Instead of making personal attacks on other governors” …Gov. Quinn is focused on destroying the state, one piece of crap legislation at a time. And now he has Rahm in Chicago to back him up!

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  • TomBombadil
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:07pm

    Chicago should be more worried about Wisconsin, since we’re just a few miles away and Walker is working hard to support new business growth in our state. We may see Chicago hemorage to Milwaukee and Janesville

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  • wash1776
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:04pm

    The hold the Damocrats have had over this state is incredible. Just a bunch of gangsters all grouped together. First we had Richad Daley and then his son took over. Now we have Rahm or is that Ram since I am sure he helped the destroyer in the white house push through so much damaging legislation. He’ll probably do that in Chicago too. I live in the suburbs of Chicago now and am glad. Although I was born and raised in Chicago doesn’t mean I was not aware of all the dirty politics. You can thank that town for such a corrupt dude in the white house now. He made sure the fix was in for Rahm before Rahm ever left the white house. And that is why you have a Daley there advising Mr. Obumble. Just helping Odumbell to be more crooked that ever. Not that he needs any more lessons. He is doing a good job of wrecking everything in sight. The government makes the mafia look like Sunday school teachers anymore.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:03pm

    Gov. Christie, search your heart, meet with you family and pray about it. Please consider a run for Prez. Your base is genuine, strong, and fail-safe.

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  • OhSuzieQ
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:58pm

    I’m so proud of Gov.Christie!…I could give him a big bear hug. I just love that man.

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    • restorehope
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:26pm

      Christie is twice the man that Quinn is……and I don’t mean that in size. I mean that he has twice the common sense, brains, loyalty and honor to our country.

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  • paulamadden
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:55pm

    A Russian predicted the splitting of the United States….I say, what’s taking so long????

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:52pm

    He may not be ready to be POTUS, but he’s ready to be the Raging Bull. Go get’m, Chris!!

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  • RED-DAWN
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:48pm

    I hate to pull out a ghost from the past but, it looks like the Mason/Dixon line is going to be put back on the map. Wonder why they stopped putting that on the map in the first place? I guess they were trying to confuse those of us in the south. The business climate in MS is pretty good right not. A right-to-work state, imagine that….

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  • obfuscatenot
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:39pm

    Quinn cares about CHICAGO……period. Downstate may as well be in another country, let alone state.

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    • BEH
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:56pm

      Christie is right! Although, calling Quinn a disaster is being way too nice! We are so screwed in downstate Illinois!

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    • becksagoodguy
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 2:02pm

      Quinn is your typical redistributionist. Raised taxes in a horrible economy, gas prices and food prices going up. This state is a mess. Our doctors who take Medicaid patients hadn’t been paid for years, gun owners will eventually be placed on a “list”. I could go on and on….we need a good ole fasion TEA party revolt in Illinois.

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    • GOD BLESS AMERICA NOW
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 8:39pm

      Amen to that !!!! but then, the stench fromObama,emanual and the rest of the puke hasn’t been our daily diet as in Chicago.
      It’s as obivious as skunk spray , the closer you get to their lair…sure would be nice if we had another Elliot Ness to clean up Chicago for the decent people of Illinois. Believe it or not, but there still are hard working, honest people with integrity here…it’s just that misfits like obama,emanual, the unions, and many others move their whole corrupt family and support groups in and procede to lie their azzes off….Chicago has always been a breeding groung for evil…only now, it’s tenticals are inside our white house..we need to exterminate before it spreads even further..let the world know that we won’t kneel or bow {as BHO does} to islam, muslim or whoever tries to destroy America and take our Freedom..GOD BLESS AMERICA…..

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  • Thunderstorm 316
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:33pm

    For thoughs of us living in Illinois we thank you Christie for spaeking the truth about Quin.

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  • az620
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:24pm

    I agree Christie for president…….Although liberal idiots won’t like him because he puts the Christ in Christie…..just sayin

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 8:00pm

      You know Chris Christie and Allen West sound real good together or Cain

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    • tierrah
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:21am

      @AZ620: If what I heard is true, I‘m not enamored with Christie’s stand on illegal immigration. Can you confirm or deny?

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    • EP46
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:32pm

      @AZ
      I love Chris Christie …oh please please please run for Prez

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    • ozz
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 1:20am

      @TIERAH

      CHRISTE RINO!!!!!

      Pro Gov health care
      Pro cap and trade

      YES HE IS PRO AMNESTY !! Google it.

      Pro gay marriage
      Pro abortion
      Pro gun control / anti second amendment
      Pro socialist
      PRO RINO

      We need a Reagan not a president carter crossed with MR T.

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  • teachermitch32
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:23pm

    seems that Quinn is giving christie a real boost by raising taxes in his state that much…or at all. Businesses (smart ones anyway) will be able to tell where the tides are ebbing and flowing for the future…and Ill. appears to be moving rapidly into ebb mode.

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    • TumbleBumble
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:16pm

      Au contraire! Quinn is helping the businesses by showing his hospitality to the Dems that are on the lam from neighboring states. A few of the hotels and restaurants have picked up a bit. :)

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 1:00pm

      The only reason more businesses don’t leave that third world cesspool is because of their enormous capital investments (Caterpillar, State Farm among others). However, at the rate that Sillinois is going, it may still be to their advantage to leave.

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  • Beware of Romans
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:23pm

    Chris Christie for President!

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    • ozz
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 1:15am

      CHRISTE is a RINO!!!!!

      Pro Gov health care
      Pro cap and trade
      Pro amnesty
      Pro gay marriage
      Pro abortion
      Pro gun control / anti second amendment
      Pro socialist
      PRO RINO

      NO MORE RINOs

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    • IAMMADDOG
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Funny….I’ve never seen any of this info about Christie being a Rhino. Why is that?

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:22pm

    I’d be worried about Christie coming to Connecticut but Our Gov Dan Malloy,, D is raising taxes on Everyone making over 50,000, gas, and others, our manufacturers have left ,so he has nothing to poach.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:21pm

    Illinois is done there is no way they will fix their issues using the ideology they are pushing that state will be worse off in four yrs, and you will be able ot see dramatic differences between that state, and Wisconsin

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  • TEXASQUINN
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:19pm

    That is Money!!! Go Christie!

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  • GONESURFING
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:19pm

    Chris Christie rocks,would make a great president.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:28pm

      He would but he won’t, unfortunately.

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    • GeneralBeasley
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:31pm

      yup we need a man as big as our country (no insult intended, I’m pretty hefty to)

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    • *PATRIOT*GAMES*
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:12pm

      As long as you don’t mind muslim judges appointed to the SCOTUS, and as long as you aren’t too fond of your Second Amendment rights.

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    • UpInTheWoods
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:26pm

      *PATRIOT*GAMES*
      Is right on the mark. We need a President who doesn’t think that the Constitution is a living document or that people are idiots who “take the Constitution literally”. I would love Allen West for President. Have you ever heard Allen West “Walk back “ a statement? Nope, he means what he says…the first time. Christy is tough but he doesn’t believe in our Constitution.
      Don’t let Jerry Brown in on Ill.’s taxes system; he would be all over that. Our teachers will never strike (because no one will touch their union).

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    • Workforit
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:07pm

      I wish he would run too. I just like the guy. You shake Chris Christies hand you know you shook the hand of a man. I had the displeasure of shaking Harry Reeds hand about 6 years ago in Nevada. I wouldn’t wish that cold, clammy, limp, dead fish experience on anyone.

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    • Jimtt500
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 4:39am

      Christie’s the MSM favorite kind of Republican; He is not the conservative so many people think he is.

      http://conservativenewjersey.com/the-myth-of-christie-conservatism-intro

      Gov. Christie’s Strange Relationship with Radical Islam

      http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0111/emerson012011.php3

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  • az620
    Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:17pm

    I’m first

     
    • Psychosis
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:19pm

      AHHH the small victories in life

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:30pm

      Snow thanks for welcoming me, I went back to the other posts but everyone was already gone.

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    • BuckOfama
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:36pm

      I lived in Southern Illinois for my informative teenage years and have two brothers who got sucked into the backwards way of life those people live. Illinois is stuck on stupid and will never change.

       
    • abc
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:52pm

      Assuming anyone here believes in the truth and factual accuracy, then they would know the following:

      Individual tax rate:

      IL old — 3%; $2,000 personal income exemption
      IL new — 5%; $2,000 personal income exemption
      NJ — 1.4-10.75% (8 brackets), with a blended rate of about 5%; $1,000 exemption

      Corporate income tax:

      IL old — 7.3%
      IL new — 9.5%
      NJ — 9%

      Sales tax:

      IL — 6.25%
      NJ — 7%

      And just one more gem: according to ‘09 data, the latest available, from the non-partisan, non-profit Tax Foundation (which Fox News frequently uses as a source), the total tax burden in the state of IL is 10%, which ranks it thirteenth in the country. Numbers will go up meaningfully, but likely will not pass the worst offenders like California. But what about the state of NJ? Their total burden in ‘09 was 12.2%, which would be about the same in ‘10 given the lack of tax rate changes. Rank? It’s the highest in the entire US. (don’t believe me? Go see for yourself at: http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/469.html)

      No wonder Christie needs to put out those agressive ads. He is deflecting the truth, which is he sits atop one of the highest taxing states in the country. He has proposed $200M in tax cuts to the wealthy and to businesses, but his state even with these cuts will be a lot closer to high taxing states like NY and CA. This clearly all positioning for a potential Presidential run.

       
    • wash1776
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:52pm

      Very juvenile!

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:06pm

      I hope Brie Callahan isn’t holding her breath. Afterall, this is the state that just elected Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago. Nothing will change in IL as long as the voters keep making the same mistakes and expect different outcomes.

       
    • tiredofspam
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:15pm

      @abc
      Don’t know what part of Swillinois you live in but up here in Crook County, the sales tax is almost 11%. Also, property values have plummeted and property taxes have skyrocketed.

      In all fairness to the local governments, 70% of our property taxes go to the schools. Mine went up $1k in December while my home value decreased by almost a third – almost all of it went to the school district. (Of course, the property tax bills in Crook County came out three months late, conveniently AFTER the November elections.)

      I found a website that lists every teacher‘s and administrator’s salary and found that over 200 high school teachers in the district make north of $100k, including a DRIVER’S ED teacher who makes over $150k…and this district isn’t in Winnetka or Highland Park, it is in the south suburbs, as blue-collar as it gets. Also found that a VERY common practice is to keep bumping salaries by 10-20% per year in the last five years or so before retirement in order to boost pensions.

      I could go on and on and on about how the school districts are destroying the taxpayers in this state but no one seems to give a damn except me. (I was the lone voice at a school board meeting…eight of them against me…it got very ugly.)

      Quinn is a joke who won only because the unions in Chicago came out for him. (He won only THREE COUNTIES, Crook being one of them.) I thought things were bad under Blago and I had high hopes and expectations for Quinn, gadfly that he is. He turned out to be just another scumbag thieving politician.

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    • fertlmind
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:19pm

      @abc

      I’d still rather live in Jersey away from the spawning ground of Barak HUSSIEN Obamma and those other fruit loops who are in the business of hiding elected officials dishonorably on the run from their home states

      The word for the business and political climate in ILL. is CESSPOOL
      No thanks,…give me Jersey anyday!

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    • stifroc
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:23pm

      Good fact post by ABC there. Kudos.
      With him all the way up to “Tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses”. he says that as though it’s a horrid thing. All Libs chant that mantra. You never hear of giving tax cuts to the poor, though. Wonder why? Oh yeah it‘s because the poor don’t pay income taxes! Oh sure it‘s take out of their checks but here’s the dirty little secret. They get more back at the end of the year than they paid in!

      In 2005-2006 I was on food stamps, living below the poverty line. I had roughly $2k in federal taxes withheld. My tax return? My tax return that year was nearly $8k. Who’s money did I get back? It wasn’t my money, cuz I only paid in $2k. Now unlike a blood sucking leach, I pounded the pavement, got off the government tit. Now how did all that redistribution of wealth help the economy, or society? Did I invest my money in a business? Nope. Did I hire anyone or employ anyone? Nope. Did I invest that money into any stocks or money accounts? Nope. Hmmm… but those are all things that business owners and companies do. They put the money back into the market, generating market movement and generating employment opportunities. BUT HELL NO!!! We need to give all the money to the poor so they can fart it all away on weed, beer, cable, high-speed internet and gaming systems! HELL YEAH! WOOOOOOO!

      Don’t think trickle down wealth works? Well trickle down poverty sure as hell works!

      stifroc  
    • ChasVS
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:31pm

      @ABC

      What pointbare you trying to make? Quinn RAISED the Taxes. Christie inherited the NJ tax rates and HAS NOT raised them. Hevwll be doing what can be done to LOWER the taxes once he can get the Public sector union thugs under control!

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    • LeroyJethroGibbs
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:39pm

      Illinois is a joke , Can’t wait until Rahm gets going…. Would be better of with Al Capone.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:44pm

      @SissyKatz

      Welcome to the club of the Blazers and fellow feline lovers. If you have not guessed by my screen name, the snowleopard is one of my favored ones.

      Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • rodamaa
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:49pm

      Raising taxes is like drugs after you take a hit, you always come back for more. In my opinion, raising taxes is the coward’s way out and it never works.

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    • skinnydipinacid
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:04pm

      The majority of all of Illinois revenue heads to Chicago where it is wasted like no city but Chicago can waste money. The rest goes to Springfield and a little to the rest of the state. If Illinois were smart they’d throw that city out and force them to make their own state of Chicago. See how far their progressive ideas go when the other 80% of the people in the state say no.

      Without Chicago, Quinn wouldn’t have been re-elected. Union City carried him completely. He lost every other county but one.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:15pm

      yes as one who is FROM IL Quinn’s doing a BANG up job.. He RAISED the INCOME TAX .. CORPORATE TAX.. and taxes EVERYTHING from CANDY to CIGARETTES so he makes sure he gets our KIDS if they want a sucker.. he even went after SODA cause to many people were drinking hard stuff.. QUINN is A JOKE.. I don’t know what the landscape in NJ is but here in IL, PEOPLE and COMPANIES are moving OUT…before the new income tax increase we lost so many people we lost a representative in D.C. only ones staying here are ILLEGALS..

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    • pggarrett
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:21pm

      Hey BuckOfama, which backwards way of life are you referring to? And where in southern Illinois? Many in my area would prefer if Chicago were to be granted statehood so we could be rid of its corrupting influence. In my instance, our family moved here in the 1800′s. So what are we supposed to give up without a battle?

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:21pm

      abc.. However.. did you include ALL the fees to live in IL.. I don’t know what the local taxes in NJ are but I can tell you this CHICAGO.. 10%.. Some states don’t tax FOOD IL.. 2%.. Some states don’t tax medicine.. IL does.. some states don’t tax ulitities IL does.. those are just the things that come to mind..

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    • xplorer37
      Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:14pm

      ABC….You should mention a sizable portion of Illinois’s population lives in Cook County & has a10+% sales tax. The city of CHicago sold it’s parking rights & now parking every day of the week may be higher than any other major USA city.

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    • Jimtt500
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 4:24am

      The same tough talk Chistie uses on budget matters will be the same tough talk he uses against conservatives on issues like gun control, illegal immigration or even ObamaCare.

      He is not t conservative so many people think he is!!

      * His budget passed only after three conservative Republicans were bullied into voting for it and the savings achieved in the budget were done at the expense of new taxes, new fees, federal Stimulus funds and accounting gimmicks; the 2% property tax cap will actually cause taxes to skyrocket; he has yet to propose the “across the board” tax cuts he promised as a candidate; the budget actually INCREASES state expenditures by 6% and the number of staff in the Governor’s office making $100,000 per year increases by ten;

      * His confrontation with the unions is pure Kabuki theater with nothing accomplished but acrimony; he has yet to lay off a single state employee and his proposed 2011 state worker reduction plan is little more than window dressing;

      * He has populated his cabinet with notorious liberals while firing the only true conservative – after slandering him;

      * He has endorsed notorious RINO candidates in the 2010 mid-term election while avoiding (with one notable exception) contact with conservative candidates;

      * He supports a multi-state Cap & Trade scheme known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and is so committed to Cap & Trade that he used funds raised from RGGI’s carbon auctions to help balance the budget; he has directed that state funds be appropriated to subsidize “green” technology ventures such as off-shore windmills;

      * He has refused to join other state attorneys-general in a joint lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare while accepting federal funds for the implementation of a similar program on a statewide level;

      * He is on record saying that he does not believe illegal aliens are here illegally; he has indicated that he supports amnesty for illegals; he generally favors strict gun control and he supports construction of the Ground Zero Mosque even as he condemns those who oppose it.

      http://conservativenewjersey.com/the-myth-of-christie-conservatism-intro

      Gov. Christie’s Strange Relationship with Radical Islam

      http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0111/emerson012011.php3

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    • Wayward Son
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 7:03am

      DAMN!! That WAS fast.

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 11:59am

      buckfobama . . . much better now that you’re in Arkansas, eh? Here’s a tip. Stupid don’t matter none ’bout where you live. It’s ’bout what’s in (or in your case what’s not) in your head. Well, ‘ceptin Texas. They’re all idiots down there.

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    • ozz
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:41pm

      OMG I agree with ABC. I must go wash myself.

      CHRISTE RINO!!!!!

      Pro Gov health care
      Pro cap and trade
      Pro amnesty
      Pro gay marriage
      Pro abortion
      Pro gun control / anti second amendment
      Pro socialist
      PRO RINO
      A RINO lost us 08
      I will no vote for him even against Obummer.
      I am sick as many are of voting for the lesser of 2 evils.
      If you jack wagons elect a RINO like Romnard or Christie in the primary you will get half the Obummer with all of the blame.
      And you will not get my vote as well as most of the original TEA party who are fed up with both big government parties.

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    • Zippo
      Posted on March 5, 2011 at 8:23pm

      Gov. Quinn is focused on getting our state’s fiscal house in order and continuing to make Illinois an even stronger economic competitor,” she said.

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      That would imply that Illinois has a strong economy in the first place. Hah, that’s laughable. I swear I’m stuck somewhere between hell and the sun. I have liberal union thugs north of me in Madison and to the south I have Chicago politics and more union thugs in a state that is even more insolvent then Wisconsin. Well at least Wisconsin is trying to fix the problem.

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    • QuietTexan
      Posted on March 6, 2011 at 1:23am

      @Dawg of Gawd – Nice.

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    • BoiseBaked
      Posted on March 6, 2011 at 11:05am

      End all corporate tax! It’s just double, triple, taxation on all of us. End income tax. Replace it all with a consumption based tax that, yes, that even the poor need to pay their fair share. Stop governing by special interest! Privatize most of education – the parents that can’t pay, they volunteer for the school and the student works for the school.

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