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In response to ""I'm convinced this newspaper no longer has the backs of reporters like me." " by ty97

This doesn't surprise me one bit. Rauner has run a fantastic campaign in many ways, making himself seem independent and only looking for integrity in

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Oct 22 '14, 12:43

they system, but he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. He may win because our current governor is unimpressive and comes off as an idiot, but I am pretty concerned about what will happen if Rauner wins.

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Yeah, if you had halfway decent governors anytime in the last decade Rauner wouldn't be a problem. - spamlet Oct 22, 12:51 1
- I don't think he's been terrible (given what he has had to deal with), but the guy just sounds mentally challenged when he speaks. There's just - pmb Oct 22, 12:55
Well he wants Illinois to pay its bills and he thinks taxes are driving businesses out of the state. So I guess we can look forward to drastic cuts - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 12:46 3
- I love his line that he keeps in all his ads saying he "doesn't have a social agenda", as if cutting taxes and services isn't a social agenda. -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 12:51 2
  - His "You earned your pension, I won't cut it" just means he'll find some other way to cut benefits. -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 13:19 1
    - He wants to shift to a defined contribution plan instead of a defined benefit plan for anything going forward. So he'll preserve current benefits, - pmb Oct 22, 13:22

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