"Thank you, Bruce Rauner" - General

...I'm without words for this Primary ad for Jeanne Ives. You need to see it for yourself. [video]https://youtu.be/sZwKZf2jtHI[/video] Remember people, JB Pritzker 2018.

[QUOTE=certified;53116203] Remember people, JB Pritzker 2018.[/QUOTE] I can't say I'm a fan of having a billionaire venture capitalist as the leading democrat in this election tbh, but that doesn't hold a candle to Rauner or whoever this fuckass is.

I'm Canadian and have no idea who or what this is, can any illinoisians (?) offer context? I need to be told who to get mad at.

[QUOTE=FeartheMango;53116384]I'm Canadian and have no idea who or what this is, can any illinoisians (?) offer context? I need to be told who to get mad at.[/QUOTE] pretty much the entire illinois government considering how long it took for us to get a budget. edit: that we still dont have, apparently.

[QUOTE=FeartheMango;53116384]I'm Canadian and have no idea who or what this is, can any illinoisians (?) offer context? I need to be told who to get mad at.[/QUOTE] Bruce Rauner is the current governor of Illinois and a Republican. He's up for reelection this year and right now there is a primary race happening. Jeanne Ives is his opponent in the primary and ran this ad presumably to criticize him signing legislation that they cite, which I guess is repulsive to your average Republican going off of this terribly offensive ad. The front-runner in the Democratic primary is JB Pritzker, who as I said is a venture capitalist billionaire. The runner up for him is Chris Kennedy of the Kennedy Dynasty, but that's not particularly relevant atm.

lol fuck birth control i just get an abortion every time

[QUOTE=FeartheMango;53116384]I'm Canadian and have no idea who or what this is, can any illinoisians (?) offer context? I need to be told who to get mad at.[/QUOTE] Be mad at Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel and just about anyone with a position of power in government in Illinois. Rauner is an incompetent buffoon who ran on promises of fiscal responsibility and a strong rule of law, but has left cities like Chicago to be run by corrupt megalomaniacs like Emanuel. Meanwhile, Rauner decries the democrats for not presenting him with a budget, when he himself has been unwilling to even discuss it and just floated it down the road. He has allowed Illinois to suffer in terms of economic and social stability, and has more or less ran the money out of town by quietly raising taxes while doing nothing to fix the horrific state of infrastructure and schooling throughout Illinois, and instead has the entire state leech off of Chicago rather than try to grow other communities. J.B. Pritzker, one of two runners for the Democratic party in Illinois is indeed a capitalist, and is worth roughly $3.4~ billion. Pritzker was folded into the scandal regarding former-governor, now-inmate Rod Blagojevich, as he was asked by Blagojevich if he wanted a position as state treasurer, and said yes (a position which he never received) as well as allowing a mansion to fall into disrepair in order to suck up tax cuts. However, Pritzker has been heavily involved in the communities, such as massive donations to the Holocaust Museum of Chicago, the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor and various learning programs. So that's the quick bogpill on the situation.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;53116498]boop[/QUOTE] seriously cant put enough emphasis on the schooling part the school we have here is like the only school in our area that isnt in debt and everyone's trying to consolidate with it

Southern Illinois resident here. All these morons are gonna vote for ives but Chicago will balance it

[QUOTE=Fish_poke;53116514]Southern Illinois resident here. All these morons are gonna vote for ives but Chicago will balance it[/QUOTE] We all thought Chicago would balance it last time. Illinois is full of fuckheads, you and I know this.

[QUOTE=Fish_poke;53116514]Southern Illinois resident here. All these morons are gonna vote for ives but Chicago will balance it[/QUOTE] Don't you assume that, mister man. Chicago is chock-a-block full of people stupid enough to leap onto Ives' platform, and can't make up for whatever poor bastards in the surrounding suburbs get tricked into thinking.