Posted on 02/11/2015 11:57:43 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
New Republican Governor Bruce Rauner of Illinois is taking on the most powerful special interest in the state - public employee unions - and he's getting some support from Democrats.
In truth, Rauner has little choice. Public union pensions are out of control. The pension crisis in Illinois is easily the worst in the nation and the Rauner administration is already looking for ways to cut benefits - a move that would have been considered sacrilegious previously but is now being considered even by Democrats.
Also, Rauner issued an executive order:
prohibiting unions from collecting so-called fair share fees from non-union members. These mandatory fees come from government workers who choose not to be union members but are nonetheless represented by unions in contract negotiations. In effect, Rauner’s order by fiat makes Illinois a right-to-work state for public employees — a measure that, opponents argue, requires legislation.
There are so many liberal judges in Illinois that the executive order will probably be successfully challenged. But it is at least a shot across the bow to AFSCME, whose contract with the state expires in July. Rauner is putting the union on notice that a new sherrif is in town and they're not going to walk all over him as they have previous governors...........................
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The Left is going to do everything they can to bury Walker. If he's elected to the WH, their heads will explode.
Feb 2011: CA public employees rally in support of WI counterparts
July 2011: Democrats Unveil the Weapon of the Future ".......This is an extraordinary series of events, of a type that we haven't witnessed before. Even more singular is the legacy media's insistence on covering the story (with the exception of the siege of Madison, which got the standard "unions unbound" treatment) as if it were commonplace to the point of boredom. It is no such thing; it is an ideological campaign of a magnitude and breadth that we have not seen in quite some time, if ever.
What all this amounts to is the baptism of fire of what I have taken to calling the "liberal superstructure." This superstructure is the vast constellation of advocacy groups, think tanks, single-issue outfits, unions, and various other flotsam constructed by the left over the past half-century or so. There are literally thousands of these groups, ranging from the ACLU and the Sierra Club with their hundreds of thousands of members to the local "Friends of the People's Venezuela" outfit which amounts to a retired feminism professor and her six cats. These organizations are ubiquitous, universal, and networked to a fare-thee- well. They are also liberalism's last great hope of controlling politics in the United States.........."
Ohhhh...Rahm is going to be SOOOOO PISSED!!! The Gov might want to beef up his security. The Chicago mob plays a very rough game!
Ohhhh...Rahm is going to be SOOOOO PISSED!!! The Gov might want to beef up his security. The Chicago mob plays a very rough game!
He’s following the good examples set by Scott Walker in Wisconsin.
Nobody should be able to have both.
Ohh myyy.. A Midwestern rash has broken out. Call CDC. No wait. Get me Val.
You know, I like it. But this guy reminds me of Chris Christie...take on public unions to get a tough guy image but underneath he is as liberal as most Demon Rats.
A Republican in Illinois? Who knew.
By traditional Illinois standards he looks pretty good.
Remember Illinois is a “blue wall” state so you’re not gonna get a Mike Pence type like we have here in Indiana.
If I remember correctly, if every dollar Chicago makes is put into union pensions, they won't be fully paid until 2107.
Illinois govt debt per resident is about $25,000.
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