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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIL Gov. Rauner's interim grade: An epic F
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-rauner-failing-madigan-cullerton-illinois-budget-perspec-zorn-0413-jm-20160412-column.htmlBruce Rauner is a failed governor.
Fifteen months after the wealthy Republican venture capitalist was sworn in to his first elected office, the state he was elected to lead is in worse shape by nearly every measure than the state he inherited from his Democratic predecessor.
The backlog of unpaid bills is higher, as is the unemployment rate and the largest-in-the-nation unfunded public pension liability. We were one of just six states that showed a net loss in private sector jobs last year. Accordingly, our credit rating has continued to fall, meaning it will cost us even more than anticipated to dig out of a financial hole that's growing at an estimated rate of $33 million every day.
Illinois still doesn't have and at this rate probably never will have a budget for the fiscal year that began last July, which has put many human service providers and public colleges and universities into a financial crisis.
Fifteen months after the wealthy Republican venture capitalist was sworn in to his first elected office, the state he was elected to lead is in worse shape by nearly every measure than the state he inherited from his Democratic predecessor.
The backlog of unpaid bills is higher, as is the unemployment rate and the largest-in-the-nation unfunded public pension liability. We were one of just six states that showed a net loss in private sector jobs last year. Accordingly, our credit rating has continued to fall, meaning it will cost us even more than anticipated to dig out of a financial hole that's growing at an estimated rate of $33 million every day.
Illinois still doesn't have and at this rate probably never will have a budget for the fiscal year that began last July, which has put many human service providers and public colleges and universities into a financial crisis.
See me after class.
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IL Gov. Rauner's interim grade: An epic F (Original Post)
KamaAina
Apr 2016
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truebrit71
(20,805 posts)1. Fuck Rauner.
Twice.
Sideways.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. With this.
I'm sure his hatchet woman budget advisor Linda Lingle, former governor of Hawai'i, could supply him with one.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)5. LOL!!!
Rex
(65,616 posts)2. 33 million a day!!
Who says crime doesn't pay! I bet Rauner has lined greedy investor pockets full of money.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)3. And like all those other states, you'll probably re-elect him again.
Right, Wisconsin, Kansas, Ohio, Michigan, etc?