we have wane rogers and john scion and tracey burns and john layfield. >>> and christ yen dorsey.

i'm cheryl cassone and welcome to "cashin' in", wayne rogers, jonathan hoenig, tracy byrnes, john layfield and back with us the proud new father, returning from paternal leave, congratulations, to kristen dorsey. and, the middle class is basically getting taxed out? >> absolutely, and kristen, kids need good dads like you. and in illinois they raised the corporate tax rate an except the large corporations. so, the people that are having to pay it are the small and medium sized businesses, exactly what happens with our national tax. and so, politician don't have the will to pass what california is trying to do at 13%, state tax, and pass things they can get passed like a soda or cigarette tax and not a filet mignon tax, a cheeseburger tax, yes, it adversely affects the middle class and lower. >> look at food prices, and, everything is going higher. and 8.7% for chicken and let's tax your sodas and your beer, is that fair, wayne, do you think? >> it's not a question of fairness, it is a question of the local constituency, desperate for money, states, counties, cities, you think the city of v