22 arrested in senior citizen protest on Mag Mile

[G_j]

http://wgntv.com/2015/08/24/22-arrested-in-senior-citizen-protest-on-mag-mile/

POSTED 12:52 PM, AUGUST 24, 2015, BY WGN WEB DESK AND RANDI BELISOMO, UPDATED AT 04:38PM, AUGUST 24, 2015

CHICAGO — 22 protesters were arrested today when senior citizens concerned about state funding for the elderly blocked North Michigan Avenue.

The seniors stopped traffic to draw attention to the state fiscal crisis. They say Governor Bruce Rauner’s plan to cut their home care is both heartless and short-sighted.

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The state estimates that 36,000 seniors could lose home care services under the rule changes sought by Governor Rauner.

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LThe protesters want the Governor to tax corporations and the wealthy to fix the state’s deficit.

But instead, the Governor has proposed changing the scoring system to make it tougher for seniors to qualify.

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[Scuba]

1. Rauner would starve them to enrich his friends. Good on the protesters.

[marym625]

10. Absolutely would

He's worse than Walker and more dangerous because he's smarter and has more money

[pinboy3niner]

2. Go seniors! ...

Are these the same boomers someone in another thread said all need to go back to school to be untaught obedience to authority so they'll stop following Reaganism?

Great protest!

[steve2470]

3. go seniors!

Proud of you!

[steve2470]

4. pic of protest

from: http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/902906/protesters-block-michigan-avenue-cuts-home-care-seniors

[BuelahWitch]

5. Go seniors! n/t

[justhanginon]

6. As a resident of Illinois I certainly wish

there was a way to get rid of this sonofabi... Rauner before we go the way of Kansas or Wisconsin. Both states have republican governors that are joyously turning their states into festering pest holes of tax havens for the rich and hell for the rest of us. Especially bad for the the less fortunate among us.
Proud of those seniors.

[G_j]

7. Festering pest holes of tax havens for the rich ..

best discription I've heard, and not an exaggeration.

[murielm99]

9. The only thing saving us right now is Madigan

and our majority in the state house. I know there are many in Illinois who do not like Madigan, but he is doing his job.

I wish I had gone to Springfield this year for Democrats' Day. We have too many family things going on right now, so we did not make it. Madigan did address this when he spoke there.

Let's put The Ruiner in jail where he belongs. Most of our governors end up there anyway.

[marym625]

11. And the piece of shit is working hard to get rid of him.

I've never seen a commercial by a Governor before that was for the sole purpose of getting rid of the Speaker of the House. But that's exactly what Ruaner did. The piece of shit

[Crabby Appleton]

8. Kick some ass seniors. nt