Tag Archives: Bruce Rauner
The Illinois Pension Scam: State Officials (Including Conservatives) Have Known About it for Many Years
Government employee compensation expert Bill Zettler, has had some great lines over the years. “Economics always wins,” is among his best. Despite the wishes and dreams of people on both the political left and political right, the day of accounting always comes. We are at that day right now as taxpayers face hundreds of billions of dollars in unfunded pension liability...
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Tagged Bill Zettler, Book: Illinois Pension Scam, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Public Pensions, illinois republicans, Taxpayers United of America
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Unsustainable: Raising Taxes Solves Nothing, Makes Illinois Worse Off
The Illinois State House was back in session during the afternoon of July 6th to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a 32 percent permanent tax hike on Illinois families (SB 9). This tax grab also raises the corporate income tax rate by 33 percent. As anticipated, the House voted to override the veto this afternoon by a vote of 71-42 — with 61 Democrats and 10 Republicans voting in favor of increasing our taxes.
To see how your state representative voted, please click HERE. To see how your state senator voted, please click HERE.
Much …
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Tagged Bruce Rauner, Dan McConchie, David McSweeney, Illinois budget, Kyle McCarter, Michael Lucci, Mike Madigan
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Massive Tax Bill Rejected by Governor Rauner; Back to the House
Yesterday, the Illinois Senate took up the misguided proposal to massively increase the income taxes of citizens and corporations in Illinois. It is ironic that the General Assembly voted to impose oppressive government taxes on Illinoisans during Independence Day weekend.
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Tagged Bruce Rauner, Dale Righter, John Cullerton, Michael Madigan, Tax increase
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Illinois House Approves Massive Income Tax Increase
Late Sunday afternoon (July 2nd), the Illinois House passed a massive tax hike for families and businesses. What does that mean for taxpayers? Well, if this proposal isn't vetoed by Gov. Bruce Rauner, the personal income tax rate would increase by 32 percent, surging from 3.75 percent to 4.95 percent, and the corporate rate would jump from 5.25 percent to 7 percent. This would enable and fund business as usual. ("Enable" is the key word here...)
Posted in Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Bruce Rauner, income tax, Michael Madigan, Tax increase
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Tax Increases, More Spending and ‘A Disaster’ of a Budget for Illinois
State government summer re-run season is underway at the Illinois capitol building where both political parties are cooperating to send our state further into the fiscal abyss.
Midnight came and went as we closed out the month of June without a budget being signed into law, so Illinois has begun its third straight year without one.
Posted in Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Bruce Rauner, General Assembly, Jeanne Ives, Michael Madigan, Tax increase
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Comfort v. Chaos & Uncertainty
Fake news, alternative facts, covfefe, secret investigations—there is nothing new about the constant bombardment of news we receive all day, whether willingly or not. Our nation is experiencing such political turmoil. Where can we find peace? In Messiah alone.
Posted in Faith
Tagged Bruce Rauner, John Mauck, Steve Scalise
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You Can Help Governor Bruce Rauner Pass an Elementary Science Test!
Majorities in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly recently flunked the kind of science test that used to be given to grammar school students. The question, which just a few years ago was not controversial, was “can a man become a woman?” “Can a woman become a man?”
Earlier this month, the Weizmann Institute in Israel released a study and posted an article about it under this headline: “Researchers Identify 6,500 Genes That Are Expressed Differently in Men and Women.”
This (un)shocking study was also reported on by Liberty Counsel:
…“This recent study from Israel’s Weizmann
Posted in Illinois Politics, Sexuality
Tagged Birth Certificate Designation Act, Bruce Rauner, Gender Dyphoria, Illinois General Assembly, Mat Staver
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Big Illinois Government’s Insatiable and Impossible Demands from Taxpayers
It’s a sad tale of two cities.
The news out of Washington, D.C. this spring is that President Donald Trump and the Republican majorities in Congress plan on cutting taxes. The unsurprising news out of Springfield, Illinois is that General Assembly Democrats are planning to raise taxes.
Also not surprising is that there is a hot debate about whether the GOP tax cut efforts in D.C. can succeed. There is no debate, however, about Illinois Democrats’ accomplishing their mission. Especially when Republicans, including Governor Bruce Rauner, appear poised to help the Democrats.
What is also not debatable is whether …
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Tagged Bill Zettler, Bruce Rauner, Crain's Chicago Business, Donald Trump, Illinois Public Pensions, Illinois State Budget, Ken Griffin
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Anti-Baby Bill Passes Senate! Contact Gov. Rauner!
This afternoon, HB 40 passed in the Illinois State Senate by a vote of 33-22. Thirty votes are needed for passage in the Illinois Senate. This bill was passed with a party-line vote by the Democratic majority without one Republican vote, and four Democrats not voting on this controversial proposal.
Posted in How Did They Vote, Illinois Politics
Tagged Bruce Rauner, HB 40, taxpayer funding of abortion
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Republicans in the Illinois Senate Want to Increase the Size of Illinois Government and Your Taxes
Have you heard about the “Grand Bargain” that has been travelling the bumpy road of the legislative process in Springfield during this General Assembly session? Not surprisingly, it is neither a bargain nor grand for taxpayers.
Illinois Senate Minority leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) has been (or was?) working with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) for a few months on trying to craft a budget that can pass.
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Tagged Bill Brady, Bruce Rauner, Christine Radogno, Dave Syverson, Illinois Policy Institute, income taxes, Jim Oberweis, John Cullerton, john tillman, Kyle McCarter, Michael Madigan, sales taxes, Sue Rezin, Tim Bivins
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Prayers Needed for POTUS, Congress and General Assembly
Tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock our time, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
Last week, state lawmakers were sworn into office in Springfield to begin the 100th General Assembly.
Two weeks before that, on January 3, 2017, our federal lawmakers were sworn in, starting the 115th Congress.
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Tagged Brad Schneider, Bruce Rauner, Congress, Donald Trump, General Assembly, IFI Prayer Team, Mike Pence, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Richard Durbin, Susan Mendoza, Tammy Duckworth
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More Questions About Dubious Illinois Human Rights Commission
Yesterday, I wrote about the profoundly unjust decision of the ideologically imbalanced three-member panel of commissioners from the Illinois Human Rights Commission who decided that Christian bed and breakfast owner Jim Walder should pay $80,000 for refusing to rent his facilities to a same-sex couple for their civil union ceremony. But there is more!
Posted in Illinois Politics, Religious Liberty, Sexuality
Tagged Better Government Association, Bruce Rauner, Hermene Hartman, Illinois Human Rights Commission, Jim Walder
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Homosexuals & Corrupt Illinois Human Rights Commission vs. Christian Business Owner
A three-person panel of commissioners from the 13-member Illinois Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has decided not to review the egregious decision of IHRC administrative law judge Michael Robinson in the discrimination complaint filed by homosexuals Todd and Mark Wathen against Christian bed and breakfast owner Jim Walder.
Posted in Illinois Politics, Religious Liberty, Sexuality
Tagged Bruce Rauner, Duke Alden, Illinois Human Rights Commission, Jason Craddock, Jesse White, Jim Walder, Mark Wathen, Michael Bakalis, Michael Robinson, Patricia Bakalis Yadgir, Terry Cosgrove, Timber Creek Bed & Breakfast, Todd and Mark Wathen, Todd Wathen
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‘Lame Duck’ Tax Increase Debated While Both Parties Struggle with Basic Math
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Tagged Bruce Rauner, Capitol Fax, Illinois Policy Institute, Mike Madigan, Rich Miller, Ted Dabrowski
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