Dupage Policy Journal

State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) said that, while giving Pritzker an A+ for optimism during his budget address last week, realism made for a completely different story.

"Unfortunately, we’re just coming through a period of the largest tax increase in history and we’re now deciding that’s not enough and now we want another a billion and a half increase," Oberweis said. "At some point, we’re going to have to stop driving people out of the state of Illinois."

Oberweis said at some point, Illinois needs to stop driving citizens out of the state because of increased taxes.

"We’re going to have to stop driving people out of the state of Illinois," Oberweis said. "We’re the only state in the union (that has) lost population six years in a row."

Oberweis said another tax increase will only increase the exodus.

"We’ve got to stop and get control of this spending instead of trying to create more and more taxes," Oberweis said.