* Press release…

Last night, Daniel Biss was asked on WTTW whether he would favor raising taxes immediately.

His response – tax hikes are “needed” and he would raise taxes across the board without reform.

“We can’t afford to wait…We have to be willing to make some compromises, we have to be willing to sit down and put everything on the table and do what’s needed,” said Biss about his tax hike plan.

Watch here.

Biss joins J.B. Pritzker and Mike Madigan in calling for an immediate tax hike without reform.

* His full comment…

We can’t afford to wait a minute more than we have to to get a balanced budget that properly funds our priorities. And so, on the road to amending the Constitution enabling us to have a fairer tax system that will finally allow us to ask the richest Illinois residents to pay their share, we have to be willing to make some compromises. We have to be willing to sit down and put everything on the table and do what’s needed to get a balanced budget. But in the long-term, the only way to make sure that our budget is still balanced, and fair and working for the people in 10, 20 and 30 years is to fix the Constitution and enable fair taxation.

He also touted his support for term limits on legislative leaders and lowering property taxes.

*** UPDATE ***  From the Biss campaign…

“Daniel Biss is interested in actually doing something about Illinois’ problems, not just buying millions of dollars of TV commercials complaining about them. It’s an honest and pragmatic approach. So, it’s not surprising that the Governor and his party machinery aren’t familiar with it.”