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Speaker: Because basically what we're looking to do is pass a one-month budget to protect our
Speaker: most vulnerable. But we're going to stand up there and play politics on the other
Speaker: side of the aisle and say that this is not what we're doing because we're actually
Speaker: doing this because we want to raise taxes.
Speaker: Where in any bill has there been an increase in taxes?
Speaker: I haven't seen that because that's not what we're looking to do.
Speaker: We sent over a series of appropriation bills because it would allow the new
Speaker: governor, who might decide he wants to govern at this point,
Speaker: to take a pen and he could line item veto the services that he feels are not
Speaker: important to the people of Illinois, and he could line item veto those services
Speaker: out of the budget. So if he decides he does not want to cover services for those
Speaker: that are... developmentally disabled, if he doesn't want to cover services for those
Speaker: with autism, if he doesn't want to cover childcare, let him take his pen and light
Speaker: item those issues out of the budget.
Speaker: But no, he's not chosen to do that.
Speaker: Instead, he chose to just veto all the appropriations.
Speaker: So now we're having people in Illinois suffer.
Speaker: We have people who are suffering from the anxiety of wondering if they're
Speaker: going to lose vital and core services.
Speaker: But no, let's not worry about that.
Speaker: Let's continue to play politics.
Speaker: Let's continue to run attack ads.
Speaker: Let's continue to hold people hostage over things like prevailing wage or an
Speaker: irrational solution to our pension problems, which would not raise one cent of
Speaker: money, which would not ease the budget problem at all.
Speaker: But we're going to do that and play politics.
Speaker: Let's be done with that nonsense here, folks.
Speaker: It's time for the governor to govern, take a look at that budget seriously,
Speaker: line item, the services he doesn't feel are necessary,
Speaker: and let's come to the table and discuss those items.
Speaker: Let's not hold citizens of Illinois hostage over this nonsense.
Speaker: Let's be serious about this.
Speaker: And let's not stand there and say we're not going to support a one-month
Speaker: budget when that would give the relief to continue these negotiations
Speaker: without making so many people, veterans, senior citizens,
Speaker: those that are developmentally or mentally disabled,
Speaker: suffer and lose their services while we're playing politics.
Speaker: I ask for an aye vote. It is the only responsible thing to do.
