Syverson: ‘Cannot tax your way into prosperity’
March 26, 2014
SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) offered the following comments after Governor Pat Quinn’s annual Budget Address on March 26. “In 2010, my Republican colleagues and I warned that the Governor’s tax increase would never be used to pay bills or reduce our long-term debts and that the 67 percent income tax on individuals would never be temporary.