Issue Position: Budget

Issue Position

In short, the State of Illinois has a serious spending problem. During the two-year budget stalemate, when Democrats closed ranks and steadfastly refused to adopt even modest spending reforms, state debt and unpaid bills rose dramatically. Springfield's solution: raise your taxes, again, even though it didn't fix the problem last time. This influx of new revenue, your money, is a step backwards and will only hasten the exodus of people and business fleeing the state. As we saw with the most recent state budget, government has done nothing to reform and will only continue to waste resources unless we elect new, conservative leaders.

Illinois must balance the budget without more tax increases. Period. That includes implementing a progressive income tax that would punish the middle class, or raising property taxes across the state to pay down liabilities. The state pension system has been deliberately underfunded and now faces insolvency, state agencies are managed inefficiently, often failing to adequately deliver services to the people who need them most, and the legislature continues to add new programs and greater cost. The only long-term solution is to gradually cut spending and grow the economy, bringing more businesses and quality jobs back to Illinois.

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