“I want to know when legislators, state employees and labor unions are going to start participating in the economic downturn tied to the health pandemic. Families and businesses have tightened budgets to adjust to their new financial realities, yet the Governor continues to protect certain groups of Illinoisans while insisting that businesses and private sector employees shoulder a massive share of the pandemic burden. Government-imposed shutdowns have decimated the small business community, and rather than imposing new taxes on them, the Governor should be providing a pathway for them to rebuild and recover.