First, read this.

…a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly believe taxes will increase in the next four years.

Twin surveys of 600 likely Democratic voters and 600 likely Republican voters also show significant skepticism about candidates who are making a no-tax-hike pledge part of their current primary campaigns.

The poll, conducted Feb. 2-6 by Market Shares Corp. of Mt. Prospect, showed 81 percent of Democrats and 74 percent of Republicans believe an income or sales tax increase is inevitable within the next four years.

Additionally, 75 percent of Republicans and 80 percent of Democrats said they do not believe gubernatorial candidates who say they will not raise income or sales taxes if elected. […]

Of the Democrats surveyed who said they are backing Blagojevich in the primary, at least 80 percent said they distrust an anti-tax pledge and believe an income or sales tax hike is inevitable.

Two-thirds of Oberweis backers and 64 percent of Republicans supporting Brady said they don’t believe candidates for governor when they adopt an anti-tax vow. A total of 73 percent of Oberweis supporters and 68 percent of Brady’s backers said they believe sales and income taxes will be raised in the next four years.

Among Topinka supporters, 77 percent said they believed taxes would go up in the next four years, as did 73 percent of Gidwitz’s backers.

Do you think taxes will rise after the 2006 election, no matter what the candidates promise? Why or why not?

And a bonus question: Should taxes be increased?