taxed to death

LOL wrote: The OP article was about Illinois taxes on businesses, LOL
Its entertaining to see some posters here jump in with robotic responses that have nothing to do with the topic. Hilarious really. Carry on!

Illinois, the death watch continues.


"The Illinois General Assembly passed a record income tax increase on individuals and businesses in 2011. And Gov. Pat Quinn promised that it specifically was “designed to pay our bills.”
By the end of the current fiscal year, lawmakers will have collected a total of $25.7 billion in new revenue from the 2011 tax hike. Despite this massive inflow of new cash, Illinois’ unpaid bills are higher today than they were when lawmakers passed the 2011 tax hike.
In April 2013, the backlog of unpaid bills stood at $8.5 billion and vendors were waiting at least four months for payments from the state. According to the State Journal-Register
“… as of late last week, the total was at $8.8 billion — an even higher number than at the start of April.
“Hahn said the office believes the total will hit $9 billion by the end of December, exactly where Topinka predicted it would be last summer. It is the second year in a row the backlog will sit at about $9 billion at the end of the calendar year.”
If Illinois sits on its multibillion-dollar backlog of bills long enough, taxpayers will have to pay a penalty."...
- See more at: http://illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unpa ... cbSJG.dpuf

Good point OTN. Tax the corporation the tax rolls down to the consumer.

Double tap sorry.

LOL wrote: The OP article was about Illinois taxes on businesses, LOL
Its entertaining to see some posters here jump in with robotic responses that have nothing to do with the topic. Hilarious really. Carry on!

Yeah, it is funny.

The topic is about specific local county taxes in Illinois. And LJ cuts and pastes a factcheck.org article about federal taxes which has nothing to do with the original post. Or does LJ really think federal taxes are the same thing as state and county taxes? I wouldn't be surprised if she did because I think she's shown before that she really doesn't understand taxes.

What makes it even funnier is here is what LJ has said about her source, factcheck.org, in the not to distant past...

LadyJazzer wrote: Oh, you mean the factcheck.org that has been so wrong in the last two years that they appear to have redefined the word "FACT" in the English language?

http://mymountaintown.com/forums/the-courthouse/27681?start=60

So the hypocrite LJ ignores the original post, and instead quotes from a site which she has said has been "so wrong in the last two years".

And when you point this out to her, she'll probaby say you did the same thing (as if that somehow makes it right for her to do it) which is totally false in my case anyway.

Lots of laughs! What a joke! lol

pineinthegrass wrote:

LOL wrote: The OP article was about Illinois taxes on businesses, LOL
Its entertaining to see some posters here jump in with robotic responses that have nothing to do with the topic. Hilarious really. Carry on!

Yeah, it is funny.

The topic is about specific local county taxes in Illinois. And LJ cuts and pastes a factcheck.org article about federal taxes which has nothing to do with the original post. Or does LJ really think federal taxes are the same thing as state and county taxes? I wouldn't be surprised if she did because I think she's shown before that she really doesn't understand taxes.

What makes it even funnier is here is what LJ has said about her source, factcheck.org, in the not to distant past...

LadyJazzer wrote: Oh, you mean the factcheck.org that has been so wrong in the last two years that they appear to have redefined the word "FACT" in the English language?

http://mymountaintown.com/forums/the-courthouse/27681?start=60

So the hypocrite LJ ignores the original post, and instead quotes from a site which she has said has been "so wrong in the last two years".

And when you point this out to her, she'll probaby say you did the same thing (as if that somehow makes it right for her to do it) which is totally false in my case anyway.

Lots of laughs! What a joke! lol

Fascinating... A poster points out that the article is not about anything relevant to anything, and it only takes one sentence to become an LJDS (LJ Derangement-Syndrome) personal attack.

Gee, Pine, You should try some counseling for that...

I only talked about your post in response to LOL and not some other poster.

Why do you continue to quote from factcheck.org when you have said they have been so inaccurate the last two years (and never provided a source so far as I know)?

And what did your quote have to do with local taxes in the state of Illinois anyway?

Because factcheck.org is mostly correct, but has been caught posting phony information a few times. Unlike FauxNews which has been caught a few times posting something accurate, but is mostly bullsh*t.

(...And I guess you missed the part of the chart that said "From CBO Data..." S'Okay...An easy miss for someone who's more interested in playing "gotcha" than dealing with FACTS.)

..NONE OF WHICH had ANYTHING to do with the original poster's post...Fascinating... A poster points out that the article is not about anything relevant to anything, and it only takes one sentence to become an LJDS (LJ Derangement-Syndrome) personal attack.

Gee, Pine, You should try some counseling for that...

LadyJazzer wrote: Because factcheck.org is mostly correct, but has been caught posting phony information a few times. Unlike FauxNews which has been caught a few times posting something accurate, but is mostly bullsh*t.

Do you have a source about factcheck.org posting "phony information a few times"? Now you say "mostly correct" which is different from what you said last May when you said "Oh, you mean the factcheck.org that has been so wrong in the last two years that they appear to have redefined the word "FACT" in the English language". Why do you continue to quote from a place like that? And what does Fox News have to do with anything in this thread?

Do you have any real thoughts about the original post? Have you read the link? Don't you think if one state or county has higher taxes, people might go to another nearby state or county to make their purchases instead?

Fascinating,

I fully quoted LJ's previous post, and instead of replying, she just edits and adds more to her post, I guess to make it look like I was ignoring what she said, not that she added anything new. And she still can't talk about the original post or reply to my points, no matter what some other poster may have said.

How dare me quote her hypocrisy from last May! If those are the rules now, then maybe LJ should stop talking about Bush since he's been gone for over 4 years. Of course LJ has never criticized or quoted anyone here.

Even a baby can read an LJ post...

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