Yesterday I visited one of the Illinois Secretary of State's offices to renew the licenses on a couple of our vehicles. One cost $105 and the other $78. Governor Quinn wants to raise the fee for each license by $20 and double the cost for a drivers' license. So I'm thinking that more people will just not renew their licenses....like the smarmy guy who zoomed past me in his BMW--with expired plates! So with Gov. Ryan we had bribes for licenses and plates (with disastrous results). With this governor we'll just have people who don't bother to get licenses & plates because they're so darned expensive. Yep, that's progress. Didn't Blago's fee increases drive many businesses out of the state? How will this be any different? Governor Quinn, maybe you'd like to reconsider this dumb proposal? But hey, if you want to raise the tax on cigarettes -- go for it! But wait a minute--won't more people just drive to Indiana to purchase those cigarettes?Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Today's Chicago Sun Times Cartoon on Gov. Quinn's Tax Hike
Yesterday I visited one of the Illinois Secretary of State's offices to renew the licenses on a couple of our vehicles. One cost $105 and the other $78. Governor Quinn wants to raise the fee for each license by $20 and double the cost for a drivers' license. So I'm thinking that more people will just not renew their licenses....like the smarmy guy who zoomed past me in his BMW--with expired plates! So with Gov. Ryan we had bribes for licenses and plates (with disastrous results). With this governor we'll just have people who don't bother to get licenses & plates because they're so darned expensive. Yep, that's progress. Didn't Blago's fee increases drive many businesses out of the state? How will this be any different? Governor Quinn, maybe you'd like to reconsider this dumb proposal? But hey, if you want to raise the tax on cigarettes -- go for it! But wait a minute--won't more people just drive to Indiana to purchase those cigarettes?
