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murielm99

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11. Do you live here, in Illinois?

Wed Nov 27, 2019, 02:44 PM

Nov 2019

If not, you should do some research on how bad things were under our former repiggie governor. Our credit went into the toilet because he would not pass a budget.

J.B. is seeing to it that a Planned Parenthood clinic is being built close to Missouri, so the women can escape that state's restrictive abortion laws.

He has passed a gas tax to take care of our literally crumbling infrastructure.

He is working on pension reform.

He is working on a fair tax to replace our existing tax structure.

He is good to unions and supports them.

He welcomes LGBTQ inclusion in our curriculum, and has made that happen.

He has placed restrictions on what ICE can do to arrest people.

He is balancing the budget.

He is raising minimum wage.

We have had cannabis reform.

We have sports betting, which will help our budget.

He has protected choice.

What has his critic AOC done that is comparable? I don't see her staying home much to do her job.

J.B. is one of the most progressive governors in the country. He is getting results in the short time he has been in office. When your idol AOC can boast that sort of accomplishment, then she, and you, can criticize our good Democratic governor. Come to think about it, why is she criticizing a Democrat at all? Why is she advocating primarying so many of them? Aren't there plenty of repiggies who need her attention?

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