Every time you “raise revenue,” I guess that’s the new, politically correct sanitized term for not calling a spade a spade, and calling it what it is, raising taxes, this is what happens. Yet the left still denies it. Time and time again it is proven throughout history, but those people, due to their mental illness, just don’t get it, and they never will.

“Yeah! Let’s raise revenue and soak the rich and make ‘em pay their fair share. That’ll solve all our problems!” Yeah well, how’s that working out for you?

In a trend that continues to worsen, more Illinoisans found themselves unemployed in the month of July.

Illinois lost more jobs during the month of July than any other state in the nation, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report. After losing 7,200 jobs in June, Illinois lost an additional 24,900 non-farm payroll jobs in July. The report also said Illinois’s unemployment rate climbed to 9.5 percent. This marks the third consecutive month of increases in the unemployment rate.

Data released today by the bureau confirms this downward trajectory. When it comes to putting people back to work, Illinois is going backwards. Since January, Illinois has dropped 89,000 people from its employment rolls.

What happened in January? That’s right class, the Illinois tax increase went in to effect. “Gosh Wally, you don’t suppose that had something to do with it.” “Gee Beav, ya think?”

So with 89,000 less tax payers, how are you going to balance the budget again?