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Posts tagged Bruce Rauner
Hedge clippings
Billionaire Ken Griffin bails out fellow hedge fund in ‘meme stock’ raid after leading fight against graduated income tax
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Ted CoxKen Griffin, Meme Stocks, GameStop, Melvin Capital, Reddit, r/Wallstreetbets, Robinhood, Hertz, Kodak, AMC, Nokia, Blackberry, Bed Bath & Beyond, Blockbuster Video, Citadel Investments, Steve Cohen, Point72, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Policy Institute, John Tillman, Warlander Asset Management, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin
Uihlein funded U.S. Capitol protest group
Democratic attorneys general call on GOP counterparts to reject contributions from ‘mega-donor’ Uihleins
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Ted CoxU.S. Capitol Assault, Richard Uihlein, Elizabeth Uihlein, Democratic Attorneys General Association, Tea Party Patriots, Rule of Law Defense Fund, Republican Attorneys General Association, Bruce Rauner, Jeanne Ives, Dan Proft, Sheldon Adelson, WBEZ, Sean Rankin, Donald Trump, Trump Impeachment
Trump's Capitol putsch was years in the making
If government is perceived as the enemy, it’s only a matter of time before people try to overthrow it
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Putsch, U.S. Capitol Assault, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Rauner, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Succession, COVID-19, Coronavirus Pandemic, Grover Norquist, Adolf Hitler, Mary Miller, World Wrestling Entertainment, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Mike Bost, Scott Walker, Ken Griffin, Richard Uihlein, Joe Biden
Trib: Don't blame us for Fair Tax flop
After egging on Republican anti-taxers, newspaper edit board insists voters alone sank graduated income tax
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Ted CoxFair Tax Amendment, Chicago Tribune, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Politics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Government Finance Research Center, Illinois Flat Tax, Will Guzzardi, Joe Biden, Dick Tuck, Bill Brady, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, Jim Durkin, Christopher Mooney, Bruce Rauner, Denny Jacobs
Governor gets out the knife
Pritzker plots $700M in executive cuts, blames GOP for lost tax revenue, seeks federal COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID Unemployment, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Bruce Rauner, AFSCME Council 31, Roberta Lynch, Dick Durbin
Big election turnout amplified deep divisions
Fair Tax failure puts state on course to repeat worst of Rauner budget impasse, warns SIU Prof. Jackson
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, John Jackson, Southern Illinois University, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Political Divide, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, J.B. Pritzker, Thomas Kilbride, Dick Simpson, University of Illinois at Chicago, Bruce Rauner, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
The headless horseman of Illinois politics
Ghost of Bruce Rauner’s austerity agenda rose up, financed by Ken Griffin, and rode roughshod over the state, but how did it sway voters?
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Ted CoxHeadless Horseman, Bruce Rauner, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, University of Illinois at Chicago, Christopher Mooney, Thomas Kilbride, 2020 Presidential Election, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Citizens for Judicial Fairness, Illinois Sunshine, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Daily Debunk: Endless austerity
Fair Tax opponents are arguing about everything but a graduated income tax in a bid to hogtie state gov’t
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Kenneth Griffin, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, Citadel Investments
Daily Debunk: 'Starve the beast'
State gov’t is not an animal, but a wide-ranging, complex service that needs to be maintained to do its job for the people
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Starve the Beast, Mississippi Palisades State Park, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, David Borris, Pat Wemstrom, Chuck Wemstrom
Daily Debunk: The shadow politics
Republicans seek win on Fair Tax Amendment even as ‘nobody knows it’s their thing’
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Ted CoxRichard Uihlein, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Kenneth Griffin, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Christopher Mooney, David Merriman, University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Joe Biden, Thomas Kilbride, Illinois Party Politics, Jim Durkin, Illinois Policy Institute, Tax Flight, Illinois Exodus
Daily Debunk: Who pays?
Rather than pay their share under the Fair Tax, the wealthy are trying to make everyone pay more
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Daily Debunk: A matter of trust
Comptroller Mendoza says if we can’t trust government, ‘we should trust what’s in the best interest of our own wallet’
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Susana Mendoza, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investments
Poll backs strengthening of CEJA
Updated bill bolsters provisions for social equity, job creation, utility accountability
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Solar Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Renewable Energy, Emanuel Chris Welch, Robert Rita
Foxconn fails to qualify for Wis. tax credits
Trump-backed subsidies withdrawn from scaled-down electronics factory
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Ted CoxFoxconn, Bruce Rauner, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, Tony Evers, Melissa Hughes, Jay Lee, Gordon Hintz, Ram Villivalam, Bob Morgan, Jim Oberweis
Daily Debunk: General Assembly has the power — no more, no less
Springfield legislators already control tax policy
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Daily Debunk, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Pensions, UIC, Government Finance Research Center, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker
Daily Debunk: When taxes entice residents
Good schools attract new residents, and what’s one of the main keys to public education?
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Illinois Public Schools, Illinois Public Universities, BGA, Stephen Mihm, Charles Tiebout, Illinois Exodus, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Chris Lain, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Bruce Rauner
Daily Debunk: Nix the fix
Naysayers cite state’s past ‘fiscal mismanagement’ — which is exactly the problem the Fair Tax targets
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kenneth Griffin, Commercial Club of Chicago, Daily Debunk, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fairness, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Child-care workers blast Griffin for 'stalled' funds
SEIU Healthcare Ill. charges billionaire gave $40M to congressional Republicans and to defeat Fair Tax Amendment
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Ted CoxKenneth Griffin, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Joslyn Ewing-Brown, Citadel Investments, Maggie Laslo, Bruce Rauner, Child Care Assistance Program, Child Care Is Essential Act, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Janette Wilson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Tahiti Hamer, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Daily Debunk: Tax foes shocked over 'new' threat
Pritzker actually warned of 20 percent tax hike in first budget address also introducing ‘a fair income tax’
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Chicago Tribune, Juliana Stratton, Jim Durkin, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Daily Debunk
Red-herring tax argument smells like dead fish
Studies show little if any connection between taxes and people leaving the state
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Dan Proft, Ralph Martire, Allison Flanagan, Chicago Reporter, Curtis Black, Illinois Exodus, Bruce Rauner, Pat Quinn, Better Government Association, BGA, Illinois Department of Revenue, Cristobal Young, Tax Flight, Kenneth Griffin, J.B. Pritzker
