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Do the math, please, on tax increase

It is my hope, Nick Schiavone (April 19 Fence Post), that some of the 15 scholarships for college will be going to students who plan to study math. A tax increase from 3 percent to 4 percent is not a 1 percent increase but is a 33.333 percent increase.

Our governor Pat Quinn never states he want to raise taxes 33.333 percent, because I am willing to bet most would not be behind him. On a side note, I am proud that my college students recognize that a tax increase from 3 percent to 4 percent is not a 1 percent increase. Maybe they should be in-line for one of those 15 scholarships.

Janet Zimmermann

Warrenville