28 Comments - Anon221 - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:16 am: So… it all depends on how one defines “dramatically”, otherwise he’ll always be vetoing his own budgets. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:19 am: ===You know what,…=== No. What. What governor. What. What do I know. It’s such a horrible tick. BTW, Vetoes are always owned by governors. That’s why protestors at the Capitol protest the governor’s vetoes… One person, one decision, no mistake who did it. - Dee Lay - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:21 am: Asked by a reporter if he bore any responsibility, Rauner responded, “Absolutely. You know what, I presented a dramatically out-of-balance budget.” Fixed it for you Gov. - Annonin' - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:23 am: How do we calibrate the fact the BigBrain superstar team did not start “lobbying” this scheme until late afternoon or later. SuperStar Dimas sent emails out about 5:48 p.m. referring to a half baked SuperStar Aloha letter that does not mention pushin’ for a vote Tuesday night. Perhaps someone following the campaign swing today could raise a question. - Rabid - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:27 am: You know what, chicken butt - Illinois Bob - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:27 am: I understand that both Madigan and Cullerton have no intention of passing a reasonable and roughly balanced budget before the election. They don’t want to take the political fallout from a tax increase, yet they want their cronies and political supporters to ante up for the campaign. That’s at least one reason why they bloated the budget so badly, showing that they’re willing to keep on doling out the goodies without revenue to fund them. Of course this is unsustainable, yet about 90% of the posters here seem all too happy to keep on supporting this dysfunction that’s been going on for the Madigan era. If there’s someone in Illinois politics who really cares about getting the state fairly and effectively run for the taxpayers and residents of Illinois, I’d really like to know who it is. We need a hero but it seems all we have are scoundrels…. - illini97 - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:32 am: As Rabid pointed out, the correct answer to “You know what?” will always be “Chicken butt.” Always. - pundent - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:36 am: =I understand that both Madigan and Cullerton have no intention of passing a reasonable and roughly balanced budget before the election.= Are you suggesting that Rauner has fulfilled his constitutional duty by presenting a reasonable and roughly balanced budget? I must have missed that. - an independent - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:37 am: Lest we forget:Quinn told the suburban Daily Herald that he planned to push to make the tax hike permanent when lawmakers return to Springfield following the Nov. 4 election…..Rauner said that should he be elected, he would let the rate drop to 3.75 percent on Jan. 1 with the goal of eventually lowering it back to 3 percent over a four-year term. Chicago Tribune, 9/29/14 All else is bunk, this is why we are where we are. - Norseman - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:43 am: The only arrows Rauner would take are the dress shirts. - TominChicago - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:47 am: Asked by a reporter if he bore any responsibility, Rauner responded, “Absolutely. You know what, I will always veto dramatically out-of-balance budgets.” Funny, he also proposes dramatically out-of-balance budgets. - Honeybear - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:58 am: “Absolutely. You know what, I will always veto dramatically out-of-balance budgets.” Perfidy - RetiredStateEmployee - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 9:59 am: ==Of course this is unsustainable, yet about 90% of the posters here seem all too happy to keep on supporting this dysfunction that’s been going on for the Madigan era.== I don’t think that is true at all. Just because the governor is being criticized doesn’t necessarily show support for prior failures. But, making the situation worse isn’t progress. The governor campaigned on fiscal responsibility which he has not shown in his introduced budgets. He has introduced extortion to get what he really wants. And it’s not a balanced budget. The numbers don’t lie. The state of Illinois needs revenue. The taxpayers don’t want to pay. The politicians play to that. No one wants to take the blame for that because it will be used against them. Until both sides agree to a truce and find a way to get more revenue, the battle continues. Ultimately this lands in the hands of the public, become more informed on the financial situation and don’t punish those who tell the truth. Never mind, that won’t happen. - siriusly - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:04 am: None of this is the Governor’s fault. he didn’t propose a budget, he didn’t propose a budget solution and he didn’t sign the budget they gave him last year. so he didn’t do anything - how could it be his fault - Huh? - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:10 am: So rather than be in Springfield, twisting arms and lading pork, 1.4% is out campaigning and bad mouthing the very people he needs to pass the budget. And we elected this guy? - JS Mill - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:17 am: =Are you suggesting that Rauner has fulfilled his constitutional duty by presenting a reasonable and roughly balanced budget? I must have missed that. = “Roughly” balanced? LOL- “my budget proposal is “roughly” $4 Billion in the red” @fakebruderauner - JS Mill - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:18 am: @RetiredStateEmployee +1 Very well stated. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:27 am: - RetiredStateEmployee - Well said. Trolls are gonna troll,… even 90% of the time. To the Post, Keeping in mind that Gov. Rauner has signed only K-12 Approps since being governor, the state agencies, the functions of the state, state government from the Executive… … Rauner just can’t bring it upon himself to put pencil to paper and make clear his agencies need funding, and those funds will be persuing this agenda. It’s mind boggling that the governor of Illinois is comfortable that his agencies have no funding. While taking selling as high school sporting events, Rauner’s agencies have no Approps. While bad mouthing the state, Rauner’s agencies are bereft of funds to give direction and signals to others the state is stable. Rauner himself felt the state may have to be shut down. No funding works just as well in that objective. So, as Rauner cross-crosses downstate today, I’m thinking of agency heads, directors, cabinet secretaries… I’m thinking what are they thinking about the missions they can’t fulfill. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:36 am: “Absolutely. You know what, I will always veto dramatically out-of-balance budgets.” “And I won’t even try to justify with real data the economic and fiscal benefits of my agenda, because I can’t. But I still want it, no matter the cost.” - siriusly - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:36 am: OW: “It’s mind boggling that the governor of Illinois is comfortable that his agencies have no funding.” Actually I think it makes perfect sense because he doesn’t think that government is necessary or useful. It’s a crisis for “them” but not for him. Why he ran for a job that is in charge of a government, one which he does not believe is necessary, is beyond comprehension. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:39 am: Is it possible some problems are too big to be fixed? Is the situation in Illinois as bad as the one in Detroit? Businesses don’t want to locate in Illinois because we have the highest taxes in the country. That means tax revenues have to come from citizens. But citizens can’t afford higher taxes because businesses with high-paying jobs won’t locate here. There’s plenty of blame for both sides on this budget mess, but it didn’t start when Rauner took office. In Rauner and Madigan, we have stubbornness of Olympian proportions, but neither guy is going anywhere for at least three years. Is this problem too big to fix? - Honeybear - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:43 am: -Actually I think it makes perfect sense because he doesn’t think that government is necessary or useful.- Exactly Feature not Bug - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:50 am: - siriusly - I want to believe my naïveté that in the end, governing has to win out. That’s on me. I guess when I fall back to thinking an oath matters when thinking about what’s best for Illinois, I need to remind myself that what IS happening is indeed the feature… not the bug. - Old and In the Way - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 10:53 am: Streator Curmudgeon Businesses don’t want to locate in Illinois because we have the highest taxes in the country. That means tax revenues have to come from citizens. I guess that’s why Boeing moved to Illinois and Amazon just announced adding 2000 jobs in Joliet. No, we don’t have the highest taxes in the country. Not even the highest taxes in the Midwest. However, we do have the most incompetent Governor in the country! Sorry, Kansas we win this time! - Anon221 - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 11:04 am: Streator Curmudgeon- “Is this problem too big to fix?” ***** The honest answer… No, it cannot be. Somehow, someway, SOMEDAY fixes will have to be applied. We, as citizens of Illinois, cannot rest on “it is what it is” and walk away. If we do, shame on all of us. If all we can do as a start is “Vote Accordingly”, then, at least, that’s a start in A direction. - Ghost - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:35 pm: Why does no one in the press ask him why is way out of balance budget was somehow ok, but he railes against a budget with basicaly the same hole? - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 5:15 pm: voters had a clear choice…PQ who wanted to keep the tax increase permanent, and Rauner who wanted it to go back to 3%. The voters got exactly what they voted for. The voters in effect, voted for a structural deficit. - Huh? - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 8:58 pm: “stunning failure.” Does this mean that 1.4% record of always winning has just been broken? Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.