Reply #2: Democratic Gov Pat Quinn of IL raised taxes and his ratings are at 30%. [View All]

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Since his narrow re-election last November, Illinois governor Pat Quinn has signed into law some major legislative undertakings: an increase of the income tax from three to five percent; a law recognizing civil unions between same-sex couples; an end to the state's death penalty. He's also had to steer the ship of state through some rocky economic times, negotiating a massive budget deficit.
Apparently, this hasn't made him particularly popular with his constituents.

A new poll from We Ask America shows Quinn's overall approval ratings at a paltry 30.6 percent, significantly lower than the 46 percent of the vote total that elected him to his first full term in office last November. Quinn first took office in January 2009, when then-Governor Rod Blagojevich was impeached.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/21/pat-quinn-approval-rating_n_838530.html

If you solve the deficits by cutting services people will hate you. If you solve the deficits by raising taxes people will hate you. Anyone who got elected and tries to solve problems will be hated.

Americans want services but dont want to pay for it. End of story.