Sauerberg: Durbin & Dems Tax Hikes

(press release from Sauerberg for Senate)

Stroger and Durbin - Tax Hiking Birds of a Feather

Steve Sauerberg, M.D. - "Todd Stroger is taking a page out of his good friend Dick Durbin's tax-hiking playbook, and it's going to cost Cook County taxpayers big time."

(Western Springs, IL) - Steve Sauerberg, M.D., candidate for U.S. Senate, offered this statement in response to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's announcement of a plan to dramatically raise taxes on Cook County residents. "Todd Stroger is taking a page out of his good friend Dick Durbin's tax-hiking playbook, and it's going to cost Cook County taxpayers big time. Todd Stroger today unveiled a plan to raise property taxes, raise gas taxes, raise parking taxes and raise the sales tax.

Instead of looking for ways to eliminate waste and inefficiency, Todd Stroger is doing exactly what Dick Durbin and the professional politicians in Washington do all the time - pass the buck on to taxpayers. We need leadership from our elected officials in Washington - why hasn't Dick Durbin spoken up for Cook County taxpayers and spoken out against this dangerous proposal? When I am representing Illinois in the U.S. Senate I will set an example for our local and state officials by fighting to keep taxes low and working to rein in wasteful and inefficient government spending. I will never ask Illinois taxpayers to pay for the mistakes of the politicians in Washington."