Well I've got a little somethin'Illinois
Guaranteed to ease your mind
It's called Snake Oil y'all
It's been around for a long, long time - Snake Oil, Copperhead Road Steve Earle (1988)
So, Pharaoh Rauner, in his goal to Impoverish Illinois, simply ignored the ruling of Comptroller Munger and ordered State Agencies to withhold "Fair Share" fees from Unions in escrow accounts. The escrow accounts, in and of themselves are also illegal under Illinois Law but, who cares we've got an Plutocrat here who wants to screw workers and Unions over!
Rauner is constrained by the 1947 Taft-Hartley act which allowed for the creation of Right-to-Work For Less Laws but, specifically enumerated only in States or Territories. Bruce Rauner will never get Right-to-Work For Less passed in the Illinois Legislature so he's trying to set up a Supreme Court fight going by allowing local municipalities break their local Unions themselves.
Rauner is a despicable thief and Vandal Capitalist, therefore he will never be dissuaded from his Quest to crush the power of workers and impoverish regular Illinois citizens.
What's clear is Bruce Rauner wants to impose Austerity on Illinois and make Illinois "favorable" for Business. The details of Rauner's New Budget are still shrouded in secrecy but will be revealed in his Budget Speech on 02/18/15. He gave a closed-door preview to House Speaker Mike Madigan today.
Madigan didn't pull any punches on the so-called "tough medicine" Rauner is peddling,
"I said 10 days ago, I don’t think you can cut your way out of the problem. I think you need some additional revenue, and that’ll be my position tomorrow."
Rauner isn't peddling "tough medicine" but the typical Republican Brew; Snake Oil.
It's indisputable Rauner's New Illinois Budget will include; Higher Taxes on the Poor, Lower Taxes on the Rich, Taxes on Pensions, new taxes on services, food and medications and dramatic reductions to Social Services for those most in need.
So... Get Ready for Republican Governance, Illinois. Get Ready for Economic Zones in which Corporations pay less than 1/100th of 1% in Taxes while your taxes go up. Get Ready for Austerity. Get Ready for Pharaoh Rauner's Right-Wing Snake Oil.
Probably they will also pick up a Kansas law prohibiting union dues from any form of payroll deduction/transfer. You can have employers take money out of your wages for all kinds of organizations, but not unions.
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ReplyDeleteRauner laid out his plans today. First Crush Teachers. Rauner wants to slash the State contribution to Higher Ed by $400 million. But, in perfect divide and conquer Right-Wing tactics has proposed increased spending on K-12.
Also Rauner, whose been doling out big 6 figure pay-offs to his Cronies has proposed slashing Medicaid in Illinois, while the State struggles with a Measles Epidemic.
It's Right-Wing Government at it's worst. Steeal from Workers, give no aid to the poor, sick and helpless and give Millions in State Aid to the Rich and their Corporations.