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	<title>SmartRemarks &#187; Pat Quinn</title>
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		<title>The quagmire of Illinois politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a man-bites-dog story for you:  on Tuesday in Springfield, capital of our fair state, over 5,000 people rallied in support of a tax increase. 
There&#8217;s good reason for this. The state income tax is flat (i.e., regressive) and one of the lowest in the country, at only three percent&#8230; and has been kept that way for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Quinn&#8217;s budget address</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First things first:  after what we&#8217;ve suffered through in recent years, merely being able to say &#8220;Governor Pat Quinn&#8221; is almost as delightful as being able to say &#8220;President Barack Obama.&#8221;  8-) 
After a mere seven weeks in office, Illinois&#8217; new governor has a budget proposal ready, and he gave a formal address in Springfield [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blago goes, and Quinn is in</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 4:52 p.m. yesterday, the Illinois Senate voted unanimously to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office, following his earlier impeachment by the Illinois House. Seven minutes later they voted to ban him from ever holding any future public office in Illinois. And by 5:30, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn had been formally sworn in as our [...]]]></description>
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