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DGA Statement on Billionaire Bruce's Cynical Attempt to Purchase Votes

The Democratic Governors Association’s Illinois spokesperson Rikeesha Phelon today issued the following statement regarding the breaking new report that Republican billionaire Bruce Rauner is attempting to purchase votes in Chicago: “This is the guy who’s going to shake up Springfield? What a fraud. This is a deeply cynical move by a billionaire who’s trying to…

Multiple Examples of Mismanagement, Abuse and Neglect at Bruce Rauner Long-Term Care Homes

The Lee Newspapers this weekend broke the news about another health care system owned by Bruce Rauner’s GTCR rife with mismanagement, abuse and neglect. Rauner’s American Habilitation Services (AHS), a for-profit corporation formed in 1996 responsible for the housing and care for persons with disabilities, was subject to lawsuits and regulatory action as a result…

Billionaire Bruce: Businessman Who Skirts The Rules & Doesn't Pay Basic Fees

Did you know billionaire Bruce Rauner is a genius at business? Just ask him. But not so fast. After months of hearing from Billionaire Bruce himself – that he’s a smart businessman who raked in hundreds of millions from shady deals while exploiting the misery of others – he forgot an essential business practice: pay…

When Pronouns Attack: Billionaire Bruce Rauner's Diversity Vision Emerging

The past week has revealed some interesting things about Bruce Rauner’s vision of diversity – and his use of pronouns. For several weeks, the billionaire has run a television ad highlitghing his commitment to diversity. But what about diversity within his own business, GTCR, founded by Rauner some 32 years ago? Not so much. According…

6 Months Since Rauner Proposed to Cut The Minimum Wage

This week marks the six-month anniversary of the unveiling of billionaire Bruce Rauner’s only concrete policy position – to cut the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $7.25 an hour. That’s right – Billionaire Bruce made more than $1 million a week in 2012 for doing nothing (he was just collecting checks while kicking back, retired, at one of…

Bruce's "Binders" Moment: Billionaire Provides Too-Familiar Explanation for Shocking Lack of Diversity at His Venture Capital Firm

After a review that found the venture capital firm he founded had not a single African-American in top positions, only a single Latino and six women out of 51 total honchos, billionaire Bruce Rauner resorted to an explanation recalling the “binders full of women” comments of his fellow Bain Capital alumnus Mitt Romney. Asked in…

Rauner's Refusal To Release Devastating Budget Details Dominates Weekend

Out-of-touch billionaire Bruce Rauner’s disastrous press conference last week, during which he laughed at questions about his failure to release a budget plan, dominated news coverage this weekend. Rauner won’t release the details of his plan because the only way to pay for his tax cuts that disproportionately benefit him and his wealthy pals would…

Rauner Cries Crocodile Tears About "Shredded" Safety Net He's Vowing to Shred

At a Lake County event Wednesday with senior citizens, billionaire Bruce Rauner complained about “shredded” social services. The problem for Rauner is that he is promising massive budget cuts that would decimate support for the elderly, investments in education, veteran care, and programs that middle-class families rely on – yes, the very”safety net” for which…

Bruce Rauner Remains Silent on Racist Remarks from Local GOP Chair

been endorsed by numerous Republican organizations across Illinois. This week, the leader of one of those organizations, Jim Thompson, sent out <a href=”http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=0c3211a5bc8042781471e0955&id=e548dd9b8a&e=451541894d”>an email</a> comparing President Barack Obama to the offspring of a zebra and a donkey saying, “we could have two living creatures the media will fawn over that is part white part black and all…

Not the Coverage He Was Looking For: Billionaire Bruce Gets Slammed One Day After The Primary

Billionaire Bruce woke up in one of his nine million-dollar homes this morning to coverage that looked nothing like he expected. Public polling showed Rauner would win last night by double digits, but actual primary voters decided that his anti-middle class record is not what Illinois needs. Billionaire Bruce brags about being in the top .01…

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