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redstatebluegirl

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2. He is great, my family back home love him.

Reply to Otto Lidenbrock (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2019, 01:02 PM

Nov 2019

Not real popular downstate though.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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The Democratic Governor of Illinois is a billionaire [View all] Otto Lidenbrock Nov 2019 OP

Thanks for recognizing they're not all status quo henchmen. elleng Nov 2019 #1

He is great, my family back home love him. redstatebluegirl Nov 2019 #2

Why? maxsolomon Nov 2019 #7

South of I-80 it becomes more red. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #8

Downstate to my thinking is anything South of McLean County. redstatebluegirl Nov 2019 #9

Yep. All the downstaters that want to secede from Chicago. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2019 #23

No. murielm99 Nov 2019 #10

Not exactly.. there's a large red area around Rockford and surrounding Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #25

That is where I live... murielm99 Nov 2019 #51

If JFK was President today, he'd be a billionaire. Anyone here ruing the fact that he was President? George II Nov 2019 #3

Not all - but Bloomberg most definitely is. nt redqueen Nov 2019 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2019 #12

Where did I say he wasn't a billionaire? redqueen Nov 2019 #22

This Fellow is a keeper. Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #5

Indeed! We luv luv luv our new gov... has gotten a lot done. Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #26

Sounds like he is pushing for Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #29

No that is the feds. former9thward Nov 2019 #46

Interesting, Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #48

Maybe. former9thward Nov 2019 #64

Okay. Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #65

I still maintain, with AOC, that every billionaire represents a PatrickforO Nov 2019 #6

Do you live here, in Illinois? murielm99 Nov 2019 #11

Not my point. My point is that J.B. could do just as good a job if he weren't a billionaire. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #15

There are even 10 billionaires in Denmark. I get Warren needs to demonize them to pay for all Hoyt Nov 2019 #31

I'm not saying what I'm saying because I support Warren. I'm saying it because PatrickforO Nov 2019 #44

Yet, Warren has not said one thing about the Deficit or Debt, other than proposing Hoyt Nov 2019 #50

Well, now we are into monetary policy, Hoyt. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #67

How much were you forced to pay J.K. Rowling for Harry Potter books and movies? brooklynite Nov 2019 #59

You are an economist. Blue_true Nov 2019 #60

There are plenty of billionaires in Sweden and Norway. Blue_true Nov 2019 #58

Exactly. Hoyt Nov 2019 #61

Maybe it's what drives him to do these great things. AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #38

Like I tell people that complain to me. Blue_true Nov 2019 #57

I voted in the primary for Daniel Biss. Another Jewish liberal running for IL governor mucifer Nov 2019 #76

Thank You for posting this...I agree. I live in Illinois and change will come, positive change. Stuart G Nov 2019 #18

Add to that ...he secured a 2.2 billion dollar trade deal with Taiwan for our corn and soy farmers Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #27

That's brilliant! But I stand by my statement that we don't need billionaires PatrickforO Nov 2019 #45

Damn! murielm99 Nov 2019 #53

If he had a much smaller net worth, he may not have had the resources Jose Garcia Nov 2019 #14

Which is why we need to get rid of dark money and Citizens United. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #16

Getting rid of citizens united muzzles Unions. You know that, right? AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #37

Oh, boy is THAT misleading. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #47

SEIU spent 80 million in 2016 on direct political action/advertising through their voluntary funded AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #72

Yeah, we probably would have had a better mayor in Chicago if Rahm didn't buy it. mucifer Nov 2019 #77

He financed his campaign himself. murielm99 Nov 2019 #21

Amen! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #28

I'm NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT criticizing Pritzker. Listen, won't you? PatrickforO Nov 2019 #49

Finding and acknowledging the existence of a good Billionaire whathehell Nov 2019 #33

Why in the hell do you care how much someone achieves, if they paid their fair share along the way? AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #36

I gather you take the system and of capitalism its moral legitamacy for granted. nt PETRUS Nov 2019 #62

No, but a mixed market economy, yes. AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #70

Thanks for the reply. PETRUS Nov 2019 #74

The truth is Cal Carpenter Nov 2019 #63

I disagree. Entire new emergent technologies can result in billions in wealth without what I would AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #73

you're fighting a (theoretical) battle stopdiggin Nov 2019 #39

You seem to have followed a typical pattern. Blue_true Nov 2019 #55

What policy? Are we supposed to ban billionaires now? Quite frankly, I don't think it's... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #69

I repeated much of what you said down thread. murielm99 Nov 2019 #13

Bloomberg is opposed to the first 2 things on your list BannonsLiver Nov 2019 #17

Thanks for posting this! It's important to remember that not all billionaires are the bogeymen highplainsdem Nov 2019 #19

Bloomberg thinks there should be no minimum wage Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2019 #20

J.B. is the best thing that has happened to Illinois in a very long time.... pbmus Nov 2019 #24

Isn't it great!!! Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #30

Absolutely fantastic...I just worry about his health....! pbmus Nov 2019 #34

and Bloomberg didn't decide to run until that great wealth was being targeted yaesu Nov 2019 #32

Doesn't change the fact Turin_C3PO Nov 2019 #35

and he, along with almost all Democrats, would agree to measures stopdiggin Nov 2019 #40

I didn't say Turin_C3PO Nov 2019 #42

He thinks he should be taxed a lot more, too. murielm99 Nov 2019 #54

JB is the real deal in the sense of those at the top who feel compelled beachbumbob Nov 2019 #41

He showed up everywhere, murielm99 Nov 2019 #56

His wife is pretty good in own right too. I tire of those in our party who wish to beachbumbob Nov 2019 #68

I remember seeing him at the women's march right after trump got in. I was annoyed and mucifer Nov 2019 #78

And he should still be taxed heavily. Hopefully he would agree. aidbo Nov 2019 #43

Well good. Thanks. mahina Nov 2019 #52

He shouldn't be a billionaire, but he rolled back Right to Work in Illinois, so that's something. nt Humanist_Activist Nov 2019 #66

Nearly everyone who attacks billionaires would love to be one Polybius Nov 2019 #71

His sister was Secretary of Commerce for Obama grantcart Nov 2019 #75