The question, then, becomes: How many voters trust that Springfield will protect middle-class households from income tax hikes for more than a relative nanosecond? That is, if voters do approve Pritzker’s amendment and lawmakers adopt rates that soak only the wealthy, how long until those lawmakers murmur: Sorry, but did you people really believe we could cut taxes for 97 percent of you and fix Illinois’ finances? Ha! So, chumps, now we’re sticking you with the tax rates we really wanted back in 2019.