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GOP Ready for Cuts, but Won't Say Where to Make Them
(IRN)-Illinois Senate Republicans are serious about spending cuts. They say Governor Pat Quinn's proposed budget has Illinois on course for continued deficits in the tens of billions.

"There's two ways to fix it," said State Senator Matt Murphy (R-Palatine). "We can have another massive tax increase to avoid it. I know we stand unified in opposition to that. And frankly I don't think the Democrats would go for it. So now we're down to one option left, and that's spending cuts."

Senate Republicans say the Quinn budget has an overreliance on borrowing, which they say is at the heart of the problem.

"We have determined after careful review that in order to reverse the course, we're going to have to make additional cuts of between 4 and 6 billion dollars to what the governor has proposed," said Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont).

"This isn't just the Titanic. This is the Hindenberg crashing into the Titanic," said State Senator Pam Althoff (R-McHenry). "We are on a very bad path. And despite a 67% income tax increase, if Illinois continues down this path set out by Governor Quinn and his legislative allies, the state will face an annual deficit of 8 billion dollars."

They say they will release a "menu of realistic cuts" sometime next week.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
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