Proposed revision Here is my proposed revision with all of the contest points and POV removed Does anyone have any specific issues A As governor Quinn faced a state with a reputation for corruptiontwo ex governors were in prisonand adter two years polls showed Quinn himself was the Nation s most unpopular governor The main issue was an economic crisis in meeting the state s budget and its long term debt as the national economic slump continued and Illinois did poorly in terms of creating jobs Quinn spoke often to the public and met regularly with state leaders in stark contrast to Rod Blagojevich s seclusion from others B Quinn announced several belt tightening programs to help curb the state deficit He In July 2009 Quinn signed a 29 billion capital bill to provide construction and repair funds for Illinois roads mass transit schools and other public works projects The capital bill known as Illinois Jobs Now was the first since Governor George H Ryan s Illinois FIRST plan which was enacted in the late 1990s On July 7 2009 he for the second time in a week vetoed a budget bill calling it out of balance his plan being to more significantly fix the budget gap in Illinois In March 2009 Quinn called for a 1 5 percentage point increase in the personal income tax rate To help offset the increased rate he also sought to triple the amount shielded from taxation or the personal exemption from 2 000 per person to 6 000 However the bill that eventually passed increased the personal income tax by 2 C With the state budget deficit projected to hit 15 billion in 2011 the legislature in early 2011 raised the personal income tax from 3 to 5 and the corporation profits tax 4 8 to 7 Governor Quinn s office projected the new taxes will generate 6 8 billion a year enough to balance the annual budget and begin reducing the state s backlog of about 8 5 billion in unpaid bills Ill Gov Quinn signs major tax increase into law Associated Press January 13 2011 A report from the Civic Federation in September 2011 projected a 8 3 billion deficit to end the budget year The Illinois Policy Institute has calculated that the tax hike will cost the average Illinois household one week s pay D After three years of raising taxes of workers and businesses ending with an increase in corporate taxes in 2011 from 7 3 to 9 5 the national recession left the economy in trouble Quinn said the state s financial system is on the brink of collapse and the State of Illinois was only remaining solvent by not paying its bills The Associate Press reported that Gov Pat Quinn made clear Wednesday that he fears Illinois is on the verge of a financial meltdown because of pension systems eating up every new dollar and health care costs climbing through the roof Christopher Wills Quinn says hello to reality in Illinois Associated Press Feb 23 2012 Quinn championed draconian Medicaid and healthcare cuts to remove hundreds of thousands of poor needy and elderly fro