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That’s right. THIS is what you get when you elect a Rethug businessman as Governor. Everything grinds to a halt unless the Dems give in completely. No negotiation, no nothing. The Dems either give up everything they value or noting.
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Politicians can starve their families and drown them in the bathtub but all they’ve accomplished is killing innocent people and forcing the state to support murderers for the rest of the murderers’ lives. Starving a state gov’t and drowning it in the bathtub is simple failure to fulfill the oath of office to manage a whole state as agreed in the contract. The People end up paying either way. Why not manage for social and economic success without the stress and deprivation? Tax wealth, take out low-interest loans, pay your bills, and make investments in your state’s welfare; it’s the sane solution to a man-made economic problem. Collect the revenue, pay your bills, provide the public’s services, pay off the loans. It’s governance, not private business.
It sure looks like republican states just want federal revenue to furnish their states’ budgets. If that’s the case, perhaps we no longer need those individualized state legislatures; just the states’ departments for budget services management and distribution.
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There will never be a good explanation (besides the influence of $$ in politics) for why the Illinois voters elected Rauner. The voters overwhelming passed a tax increase on the wealthy to fund public schools, a tighter control on the licensing of guns, and a significant raise in the minimum wage - and then voted for a governor who will allow none of this. We will be Kansas in a short time . . .
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Purposely destroying how our “Democracy” works in America has been the RepubliCANTs goal from some time now…and they are attempting to spread this destruction throughout local and state governments that they control…this is harmful to us as a nation and those who have blinders on need to take them off and realize the GoP, just does not have the best interest for the MAJORITY citizenry of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA!
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It’s interesting Rauner’s spokesperson said the legislature could work with the governor, but implies the governor won’t work with the legislature. Buddy, you’re one guy in one branch of government. You don’t hold all the power, and you’re not supposed to. But Rauner is a thug, has always been a thug, and now he’s destroying Illinois.
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From what I’ve heard, it seems as though Rauner’s election wasn’t so much FOR Rauner as it was AGAINST Quinn. Gov. Quinn was saddled with the unenviable task of actually governing. Rauner’s, and every other Rethugs idea of governing simply boils down to breaking liberals and forcing them to do as the Rethugs want.
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Fiscal Absurdities on the state level… brought to you by the GOTP.
Can you imagine what a GOTP POTUS would do to US?
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The photo is of 7 African-Americans…
Why?
The real issue is that Rauner is trying to make Illinois a right-to-work-for-less state like his other Republicrap buddies by holding the state’s finances hostage. Rauner does not have a Republicrap legislature to do his bidding so screwing up the state even worse is his only alternative. Don’t let the fact that Job #1 for Rauner is getting rid of unions get obscured by Illinois’ financial issues.
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Rauner’s primary plan is not fixing Illinois finances. Rauner kept his plan to destroy unions in Illinois very quiet during the general election so the public would not notice his primary objective. Rauner clearly followed the Republicrap program of not saying one single thing about destroying unions until he was sworn into office. Ever notice how Republicrap governors NEVER say or do a thing about getting rid of unions until they are sworn in? It is standard Republicrap operating procedure.
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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, insistent on pro-business changes to boost commerce, won’t agree on an annual spending plan with Democrats who control the Legislature.
FIFY
“No one is more delighted about the lack of a budget than Gov. Rauner,” said his spokeswoman, Catherine Kelly. "Bills could be paid if the Democratic majority in the Legislature worked with the governor to stop playing political dodge-ball with the citizens of Illinois"
Double FIFY
sad, but true…
Ruiner’s been trying to out-Walker Walker…
A local town or school board which can’t pay its bills because the trickle-down of state funds has stopped?