"We're in this strange place where the legislature just wanted to pass a big spending plan and then said, 'Governor, you decide how to fix it, we'll tell you how much we want to spend because we like to spend, the rest of it's your problem,'" Rauner said last week. "Well, that's not very reasonable. … I've said if I get structural reform, I will raise taxes. I've said it, and believe me, I do not want to raise taxes at all, I'd like to reduce taxes, but for a little while we may have to raise taxes and work them down over time."