Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) said Quinn had yet to make a compelling case for the increase and was compensating with scare tactics.
Cullerton challenged Quinn to formally submit his doomsday plan to the legislature or get down to the business of negotiating on his tax proposal.
Illinois budget: Fear tactics kick off fiscal fight years in the making -- chicagotribune.com
dire message to a downtown civic club Monday: If he doesn’t get his budget, state spending will have to be cut 37%.
Quinn: Hike tax or slash spending 37% | Crain's Chicago Business
• Lay off nearly 1,000 State Troopers -50 percent of the force - and eliminate the 2010 class of 100 cadets.
• Release over 6,000 inmates early and close the Sheridan and Southwestern Drug Treatment facilities.
Cut school aid by $568 million, causing more than 9,300 teachers to lose their jobs.
• Eliminate preschool for 100,000 children, causing more than 5,000 teachers to lose their jobs.
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