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Illinois

ChairmanAgnostic

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7. agreed but the house and the senate are against him, so

Reply to truebrit71 (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 19, 2015, 03:06 PM

Jan 2015

the damage SHOULD be limited. I hope.

Still, there is something to admire about $36 per Illinois voter. It is like a head tax for the rich. Pity it only went to TV, Radio, Intertube advertising, advertising firms, and letter writers. If only it had gone to pension reform, school investment, or road building.

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Rauner spent nearly $36 a vote to become Illinois governor [View all] Stellar Jan 2015 OP

If people want a pay raise they don't elect a republican. onecaliberal Jan 2015 #1

hear, hear! Stellar Jan 2015 #2

I don't understand how people keep onecaliberal Jan 2015 #3

Ever hear of Unruh's Law Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2015 #5

Seriously he did. At least he should have given the voters the forty bucks. onecaliberal Jan 2015 #6

I am really worried about what Mitt Rauner is going to do... truebrit71 Jan 2015 #4

agreed but the house and the senate are against him, so ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2015 #7

I listened to him speak yesterday. murielm99 Feb 2015 #8