Progress Illinois

I urge you all to support HB 174 and consider all the dedicated people you will be supporting. The people that work in the social services do it for the love of who they serve and what they are committed to. They do it to help others and make a difference in the world around us. They don't do it for huge paychecks but they deserve to make a living while helping others and not having to worry about massive job cuts in a realm of society that most needs the help during these difficult times.

With this massive recession we are more in need than ever of Social Services and the people who work for them.
Please recognize the incredible value they bring to our society and the well being of others by supporting this bill.

Thank you.

This House BIll is still strongly supported by the public, we know the only solution is to raise revenues. I personaly, do not want to sacrafice my families safety to keep a fer dollars in my paycheck. The ony way to keep the payback shared and fair, is to increase income taxes, then all workers pay equally. I do not want to see any agency cut or anybody to lose their job, the state and local economy depends on these people working.. I strongly disagree that our officers of the state be threatened to be laid off, we need all of them, our corrections officers, state police, and parole officers, these men and womken keep us safe, and I disagree with the notion of having a countless number of inmates realeased early as well.
I hope that all of our state officials and lawmakers take a long hard look at the bill, and come to the agreement that an income tax increase is in the best intrest of the people at this point. Please call special session and help fix this mess, better late than never. Get these workers back to work, and stop the layoffs, HIRE NOT FIRE!