* Fresh from his European trip, Gov. Rauner appeared this morning on WGN’s Steve Cochran Show…
Reporter: Governor, you’re still meeting today with the four legislative leaders?
Gov. Rauner: I’m headin’ to Springfield around 10:30 this mornin’. And I’ll be meetin’ with legislators today and tomorrow. We gotta get these rascals to do a balanced budget — they just don’t want [laughs] to do it. They never have, they’ve never had a balanced budget the last three years, but they’ve never really had one for 30 years. They just don’t do that. It’s not how they think. And the reality is we have to change. We’ve got to get balanced budgets. We’re not the federal government, we can’t print money. And it’s hurtin’ us, so we’re gonna push it.
Listen to the full interview by clicking here.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:33 am:
===We gotta get these rascals to do a balanced budget — they just don’t want [laughs] to do it.===
(Sigh)
Dear “Four Tops”
Get 71 and 36, save Illinois from Rauner, Dems run on Rauner never signing a full year fiscal budget during his entire term, Raunerites run on “Dem’s Budget” with agencies being funded, bills being paid, higher education getting funding… but “Madigan and the tax increase…”
… and just be done with this.
Rauner IS going to veto.
He has to. He has to because Rauner can’t sign a budget he (Rauner) calls balanced and signed due in part that the 32% tax increase allowed the balancing.
Enough.
Enough IS Enough.
Move on, “Four Tops”, and let Rauner “cut to the chase” in this script and run against the budget… in May.
Rauner is tiring.
- benniefly2 - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:33 am:
I believe that this would be an appropriate place to insert the internet meme of the picture of the two Spidermans pointing at each other if I could.
- Christopher - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:34 am:
I guess he had a choice between “rascals” and “stooges,” and went with the former. /snark
- JoanP - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:34 am:
” they just don’t want [laughs] to do it . . .”
There’s that “tell” again.
And I see he left his “g”s in Europe.
- Bruce (no not him) - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:36 am:
Them wascally wabbits.
- Arsenal - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:37 am:
Doing his Yosemite Sam routine on Chicago radio seems like an odd choice, but what do I know, I’m not the guy who took my approval rating from 55% to 26% percent over the course of 3 years.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:38 am:
Did he come up with this s-kicker bit and all the costumes on his own, or was he coached to do it?
He thinks it’s workin’ for him at 26%? Dagnabbit, that dog don’t hunt.
- The Captain - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:38 am:
Huh, I just can’t put my finger on what it is that makes him so very, very bad at this.
- Dee Lay - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:40 am:
Brucey’s Roundup
Come on, gather round
Brucey’s Roundup
Where Madigan wears a frown
Rascals go running
Whenever he’s in town
He’s the rootinest, tootinest, shootinest, hootinest cowboy around
Brucey ’s Roundup!
*With Apologies to Toy Story
- uhhuh - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:42 am:
Honestly, Madigan, Cullerton and David Harris just need to meet on the budget. Meetings with Governor Failure really just serve to allow him to say stupid stuff.
- Retired Educator - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:43 am:
That is filed under “Takes one to know one.” The guy would lie about what he had for breakfast. He can’t help himself. I don’t know how he was successful in business. How could anyone trust him?
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:44 am:
The Captain: His personality. His very being.
- RNUG - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:44 am:
So …
If another tax increase (or changing to a progressive income tax as) is required to get to a balanced budget, does this mean Rauner will support it?
- SAP - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:45 am:
At least the Governor didn’t call the legislature a bunch of drunken sailors.
- RNUG - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:47 am:
== I don’t know how he was successful in business. How could anyone trust him? ==
They didn’t have to trust him. His “job” was buying low, stripping assets, and dumping the remaining shell. All the people doing business with him had to care about was whether or not the purchase check bounced.
- Anon221 - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:48 am:
Well, shucks, ain’t Rauner jest the fuzz on the peach.
To Rauner- Drop the act and the “folksiness”. Your laugh “tells” all.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:49 am:
–I don’t know how he was successful in business. How could anyone trust him?–
Vulture capitalist. Trust wasn’t an issue. Pick off the weak and desperate and squeeze the remaining life out of them.
You’ll recall, he’s never claimed to build a business or “create jobs” in the private sector. In the last campaign, when asked directly by Charles Thomas to name one business he built that created jobs, he could not.
- Jocko - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:50 am:
Like RE said, Bruce should know. By his own admission, he is the “most persistent rascal on the planet”. In Bruce’s world, he is Alfalfa, Madigan is Butch, and “Low Taxes” is Darla.
- RNUG - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:52 am:
== … so we’re gonna push it. ==
And as some of my Deep South friends would say: Ain’t that Special?
- The Dude Abides - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:54 am:
Rauner is a self described “persistent rascal”. He should know a rascal when he sees one.
- Skeptic - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:55 am:
Where’s VanillaMan with his parody of the “Beverly Hillbillys” theme?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:55 am:
===Ain’t that Special?===
lol, i was thinking more “Aw, bless his heart.”
71. 36. Enough is enough.
Work out a compromise to get the numbers, vote it, then override the veto.
- Lucky Pierre - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 9:56 am:
Democrats want to tax their way to prosperity for Illinois.
Their dismal record is record is higher taxes, higher state spending, fewer jobs which leads to population loss, more corruption
Republicans want to grow the economy to bring prosperity all across Illinois and consolidate government
Which plan do you think will work?
What are the specific plans from Democrats to grow the private sector economy? They are not change people
Democrats won’t disclose what tax rates they want to impose.
Why is that?
- TominChicago - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:06 am:
LP other than guttting unions what is Rauner’s plan? I would assume that you were Rauner posting but you seem to add all of the “g”s to your gerunds.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:07 am:
===Democrats won’t disclose what tax rates they want to impose.===
Rauner has yet to sign any full fiscal year budget since taking the oath.
If Rauner signs this budget, with the 32% tax increase balancing it as Rauner “commands”… then Rauner, by his signature, endorses that the 32% tax increase was needed and warranted to get his balanced budget.
Not a great look, lol
===Democrats want to tax their way to prosperity for Illinois.
Their dismal record is record is higher taxes, higher state spending, fewer jobs which leads to population loss, more corruption===
If (heh) and when Rauner signs the budget using the 32% tax increase to do it, I’ll remind you of that grab up there.
===Republicans want to grow the economy to bring prosperity all across Illinois and consolidate government===
Where are the 60 and 30 on the stairs? No plan is a good plan that can’t also get 60, 30, and a signature. Same as it always was… need 60, 30, Signature.
===Which plan do you think will work?===
If Rauner signs a budget using that 32% tax increase, I guess that tax increase is something Rauner endorses, lol
- RNUG - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:10 am:
== Which plan do you think will work? ==
By every objective measure, the State is financially worse off today. Rauner’s “starve the beast to grow the private sector” plan sure hasn’t worked.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:19 am:
Very relieved that he didn’t threaten to blow them up or shoot them.
“Their dismal record is record is higher taxes, higher state spending, fewer jobs which leads to population loss, more corruption”
Mindless talking points. Just phoning it in for the boss, I see. Job growth was better under Quinn and a full Democratic GA than under Rauner. We were paying bills and the deficit was half of what it is today. Social services were intact. People are still leaving the state under Rauner, and higher ed was whacked hard because of his manufactured budget crisis.
Rauner refused to agree to *any* compromise offers. Rauner refused to sign a full budget. Rauner vetoed a budget and revenue. He set the state up for a massive collapse. The vetoes say so. He is upset about wallpapering cracks in the wall but let the bloody building collapse. Think of our condition would be right now if Rauner’s vetoes stood.
- Lucky Pierre - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:21 am:
By every objective measure, the State is financially worse off today. Rauner’s “starve the beast to grow the private sector” plan sure hasn’t worked.
Since when 2003, when Democrats took over total control of state government and spending and borrowing skyrocketed?
Why has Illinois had one of the slowest recoveries from the great recession of any state? why is our unemployment so much higher than the rest of the country 9th)?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/200017/state-unemployment-rate-in-the-us/
How can you blame the Governor whose polices have been blocked?
Starve the beast? Democrats just voted for an 800 million dollar pay raise yesterday with of course no funding mechanism
- Skeptic - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:29 am:
== Which plan do you think will work? ==
I’ve been asking you for evidence that Rauner’s plan will work and all I get is either crickets or “Madigan.” Show me.
- Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:30 am:
Bruce Rauner does increasingly come off as Gov. Fudd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sG8cw50mQ
- Chicago Cynic - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:35 am:
The deeper his hole, the more he sounds like Elmer Fudd talking about the wascally wabbit.
- Langhorne - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:36 am:
Smug, condescendin’, patronizin’.
Persistent….at lyin’.
Same message for the fourth year. Trying to negotiate w the governor is a pointless waste of time. 30, 60, is all that matters.
- Flynn's Mom - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:37 am:
Does anyone else think that Jed is heading to the big city to try and run the Commerce Bank?
- @misterjayem - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:38 am:
“We’ve got to get balanced budgets.”
Then prepare and submit a balanced budget, Bruce.
Prepare and submit one.
– MrJM
- David - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:51 am:
Often when I hear this person speak, I think to myself, Who is this person? Where does such an one come from? What reality does this person think he inhabits?
- Anon - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:52 am:
The scary part about our situation is that we have to massively increase taxes just to keep up with the growing pension commitments.
Where is the second pile of new money supposed to come from that will pay for all the new spending, expanded services, and “investments” that we are being promised?
Frankly I am kind of excited to see what a JB led government looks like in that most of the smoke and mirrors that use to work to cover up spending increases are inoperable now.
We have seen a near 10 year business cycle of positive growth and our budget outlook is more dire now than when it started.
Even the slightest hint of a recession at this point might make this state borderline ungovernable, yet history tells us one is not far in the offing.
- Suburban Mom - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 10:57 am:
It’s so embarrassing.
Fremdscham everywhere.
- Lucky Pierre - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:04 am:
Rauner refused to agree to *any* compromise offers.
Perhaps you could list these non existent compromise offers that passed both chambers other than a 32% permanent income tax increase with zero reforms of state government or our business environment.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:12 am:
===Perhaps you could list these non existent compromise offers that passed both chambers other than a 32% permanent income tax increase with zero reforms of state government or our business environment.===
lol
Well, the House ran Rauner’s property tax relief proposal, and it was called a sham vote, and Raunerites didn’t vote for it.
Oh, I forgot to mention, the difference was the prevailing wage and collective bargaining provisions weren’t in the bill.
Rauner’s view of compromise has been….
… give me my damage to organized labor, and I’ll let you vote to raise taxes.
The property tax relief “compromise” is a great example.
Phonies like Mr. Wehrli will tell you the same thing on, for me, arguably the best twitter for utter ridiculousness out there. I can’t get enough of his tweets… “no reforms, raise taxes only”, but like you “Lucky Pierre”, so completely clueless.
You being clueless is fine, it’s the programming. Mr. Wehrli’s embarrassingly clueless tweets… for a member of the GA… they make me laugh.
But, please, you and Mr. Wehrli continue, I need good comedy.
- Sue - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:13 am:
For all of you clamoring for Pritzker’s tax Reforms- please read the WSJ editorial page today. It hasn’t worked out for CT. There are actually a State with growth rates worse than Illinois. But give JB a chance and we will drop behind CT
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:16 am:
===please read the WSJ editorial page===
Now I finally understand you.
- Steve Rogers - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:21 am:
Since we’re talking about Looney Toons characters, Foghorn Leghorn is also a good description for Rauner: good ol’ boy speaking style and full of bluster.
- Whatever - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:28 am:
So many dropped “g”s, I’m dizzy.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:33 am:
===By every objective measure, the State is financially worse off today. Rauner’s “starve the beast to grow the private sector” plan sure hasn’t worked.===
If Pat Quinn failed, Rauner imploded beyond even Quinn.
===Since when 2003, when Democrats took over total control of state government and spending and borrowing skyrocketed?
Why has Illinois had one of the slowest recoveries from the great recession of any state? why is our unemployment so much higher than the rest of the country 9th)?===
According to Crain’s, as bad as you wavt to point to 15 years ago…
By nearly every measure, Illinois is worse off since Rauner.
That must include the poor recession recovery. Rauner has failed Illinois.
===How can you blame the Governor whose polices have been blocked?===
30, 60, signature.
Let’s not forget…
For perspective, let’s revisit HR27… “the opinion of the Illinois House of Representatives that the proposed educational pension cost shift from the State of Illinois to local school districts, community colleges, and institutions of higher education is financially wrong.” It now has 60 sponsors and co-sponsors…
You put 60 on the stairs… or sponsor a resolution… you know where things stand.
Rauner could put 60 or 30 on the stairs. Why won’t he?
===Starve the beast? Democrats just voted for an 800 million dollar pay raise yesterday with of course no funding mechanism===
Vetoes have consequences.
- Lucky Pierre - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:43 am:
Governor Rauner’s property tax relief proposal was never voted on OW
The same is true of the rest of the Turnaround Agenda
You know better
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:44 am:
Not to be mean, but this guy is sickening.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:45 am:
“Perhaps you could list these non existent compromise offers that passed both chambers other than a 32% permanent income tax increase with zero reforms of state government or our business environment.”
Perhaps you can tell us the manifold benefits of going a full three years without a budget.
Rauner slammed reform offers like a temporary property tax freeze as phony. The property tax freeze is not even a direct budget item. Why didn’t Rauner seize what he could get out of the GA and move on? Why did he pull support from the grand bargain? Radogno said there was compromise and she was optimistic about enactment of such. Instead Rauner backed the GOP against the wall and wound up with nothing. Just terrible governance.
Rauner was asked if he would have done anything different in his first term and he said no. That is willful admission that he’d tank the state all over again.
- Annonin' - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:46 am:
GovJunk must have found out Durkie and NoTax Bill were busy durin’ the prance around Europe so they got yelled out. Just wait till finds out his GUMBY guy was tryin’ to get more DoIT consultant paid — without much luck
- Skeptic - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:47 am:
== == Which plan do you think will work? ==
I’ve been asking you for evidence that Rauner’s plan will work and all I get is either crickets or “Madigan.” Show me. ==
LP again proves me right.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:55 am:
===Governor Rauner’s property tax relief proposal was never voted on…===
That’s the point, you can’t read, I get that, lol
===Well, the House ran Rauner’s property tax relief proposal, and it was called a sham vote, and Raunerites didn’t vote for it.
Oh, I forgot to mention, the difference was the prevailing wage and collective bargaining provisions weren’t in the bill.===
That’s what was missing… wasn’t it… the labor demands.
Rauner won’t agree to property tax relief… unless labor gets hurt.
I know what I wrote… exactly as I wrote it.
Read.
- Lucky Pierre - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 11:58 am:
For the second time it’s not Rauner’s plan then is it?
Calling it his plan when it is not is fundamentally dishonest
But you know that
- Annonin' - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 12:15 pm:
Lot O Laughin;= Lot O Lyin’ from GovJunk. Surprised he led with the six month old convention release. Guessin BTIA did not tell him this had been exposed.
BTW by the time he gets to SPI Senate will be gone.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 12:16 pm:
===For the second time it’s not Rauner’s plan then is it?===
Rauner’s plan had no 60 or 30.
Had Rauner had the 60, after the “sham” votes failed, Rauner shoulda said…
“Here’s my 60, run my bill as it was written”
That’s the whole point.
Rauner never had 60 or 30… otherwise he woulda embarrassed Cullerton and a Madigan.
Wanting, and having… two different animals.
Having IS Governing… 60 and 30.
Wanting is… well, failing.
- JS Mill - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 12:29 pm:
=Republicans want to grow the economy to bring prosperity all across Illinois and consolidate government
Which plan do you think will work?=
The models that answer your question already exist. Kansas and Minnesota. Probably not enough for you, LP (Grant?).
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 12:37 pm:
= … so we’re gonna push it. ==
And as some of my Deep South friends would say: “He’s such a dear.
- low level - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 1:32 pm:
Still waiting for his balanced budget… and for Rauner to grow up already
- Morty - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 3:40 pm:
Sheriff Roscoe P Rauner
- Demoralized - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 4:48 pm:
==fundamentally dishonest==
Well, you know a lot about that don’t you LP.
One of the reasons the Governor’s version of property tax relief wasn’t voted on is that his plan included anti-union provisions. You and he just won’t accept no for an answer when it comes to that sort of stuff. But by all means continue to whine about it if it makes you feel better.
==How can you blame the Governor==
I can throw some blame at the Governor for the last three years. Unfortunately your bot talking points don’t allow you to have that sort of honest discusion.
- Demoralized - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 4:50 pm:
==We’ve got to get balanced budgets==
Agreed. But you should probably walk the walk and present one yourself if you want to make that argument. And, I’m pretty sure you aren’t balancing the budget with your plan to roll back the current tax rate to the old rate.
- Ron - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 6:01 pm:
I’m still waiting to see JBs tax plan. Is he shooting for highest tax burden in the nation? Or is he going to settle for second?
- Ron - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 6:02 pm:
Illinois hasn’t had a balanced budget in decades. Who has controlled the legislature for the past few decades?
- Ron - Thursday, Apr 26, 18 @ 6:53 pm:
JS Mills, Illinois already has a higher tax burden than Minnesota. And we still can’t balance the budget. Decades of kleptocracy will do that though.
- Rabid - Friday, Apr 27, 18 @ 6:31 am:
Self-proclaimed “persistent rascal” bestowing his crown on the budgeteers
- Jerry - Friday, Apr 27, 18 @ 11:58 am:
Name-calling someone you don’t agree with. Sound like anyone you know?