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Fortinbras Armstrong

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3. If Rauner had shown even a slight willingness to compromise

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Original post)

Fri Jul 21, 2017, 07:49 AM

Jul 2017

The budget crisis would have been fixed ages ago. But he insisted on things like term limits, specifically so he could get rid of Mike Madigan. Now, I am no fan of Madigan, but holding the state budget hostage so he could get at one political opponent makes me far less of a fan of Rauner.

Now we have Pritzker, another billionaire, running against Rauner. Plutocracy in action.

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Holding Your Ground Against Austerity: Lessons from the Illinois Budget Deal [View all] Snarkoleptic Jul 2017 OP

I will be so glad when that vile, filthy billionaire phony is out of justhanginon Jul 2017 #1

One of the worst things he's done is to cause structural problems for our Snarkoleptic Jul 2017 #2

If Rauner had shown even a slight willingness to compromise Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2017 #3