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Big Black Dick posted:Honestly, we don't think about it much. gently caress off to Iowa already.
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Dexo posted:Come to Springfield, we have all the Abe Lincoln stuff you could ever want to see. Flw Dana House is cool if you like architecture
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They built a highway through the middle of it. Definitely worth a stop
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Dukket posted:Yeah, I was also really surprised to find out that many folks in the burbs have similar commutes to city dwellers, it made angry for a bit. I like driving, but I HATE sitting in traffic - public trans all day long. Sleep, read, zone out, play cards with your train buddies, now thats a commute. For an internship for a few months I was taking metra from Downers Grove to Chicago to Morton Grove and back. Didn't have reliable car so that was my only choice, at least there was a Pace shuttle that picked up at my apartment and the station on the other end was only two blocks from the office.
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Apparently there's a one year statute of limitations on sexual harassment claims in the general assembly, so many of these claims hit that just waiting to be investigated
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The soda tax seemed to work at it's stated goals (more tax revenue, less consumption of garbage) and the whole thing was a God drat plotline from parks and rec
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I want to hear more from the "split Illinois into three states" guy Seems like a character from parks & rec
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Lipinski sucks hard and I really hope Newman can knock him off. e: Illinois 3rd posters taking over the thread
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that new Ives ad...yikes. actually makes Rauner seem good lol https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ives-ad-targets-transgender-community-immigrants-and-women-who-get-abortions/ binaryhermit posted:I'm actually about as far away from the southwest side as you can get in the 3rd congressional district... Lockport. What up fellow Lockport goon (grew up there but still live nearby)
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Where did these tapes come from? FOIA?
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That doesn't seem extremely shady at all
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Go Boss go Did anyone ever figure out why Lisa stepped down for AG?
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Anyone have a good breakdown on the AG race?
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Feb 21, 2018 15:39
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dwarf74 posted:I admit I haven't been paying much attention to the gubernatorial primary, so I listened to a debate the other day. I about lost it when a dude started talking about splitting Illinois into 3 states. That guy owns and I'm voting for him for every office
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Mar 9, 2018 12:48
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Why did they write that provision anyway, so dumb
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That wttw interview with Ives was really bad. Tons of softball questions, didn't press hard on anything and even apologized for asking about her voting record.
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Mar 14, 2018 01:28
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I've been voting by mail for years since I'm sometimes sent out of town for work at the last minute. It's super easy and should be that way in every state.
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Mar 18, 2018 16:25
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There's some Democratic group running "oh no Ives is just too conservative for Illinois" ads that I imagine are an attempt to troll conservatives into nominating Ives, like mccaskill did with akin a few years ago. I'm worried this will work as well as hoping Trump wins the nomination so they can have a slam dunk general election but oh wait our candidate sucks and is surrounded by scandals and is completely uninspiring if pritzker gets the nomination.
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Bird in a Blender posted:After Trump, I believe anything is possible, but IL is way more blue than the average of the country, and Rauner has like a mid 30s favorable rating. The Dems would have to really really really screw this up to lose. Yeah I'm worried about the horror of Ives getting the nomination and Democratic turnout being depressed because pritzker sucks/real bad FBI tapes come out/more shady financial things come out/#metoo accusations/whatever and Ives squeaking out a win. Super long shot obviously but I'll never rule out something like that after 2016
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dwarf74 posted:There were Rauner signs suspiciously near to my polling place. The workers thought they were barely legal and around 100 feet away but who even knows. Came here to post that I haven't seen a single Rauner sign but lots of Ives signs in the far SW suburbs Lol I'm surrounded by garbage people I will laugh if Rauner loses but also be terrified of an Ives win
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Minto Took posted:Then what was with all the hullabaloo that he hated weed? Because he’s apparently friends with cops? I'm pretty sure his position "evolved"
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Lager posted:Looks like Newman just took a small lead. Looking at the precincts left, it seems to be in counties where Newman's been doing better than Lipinski, so hopefully that'll work out. Looks like it was a reporting error  gently caress Lipinski, poo poo night.
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Horseshoe theory posted:I believe it's dependent on whether the wages were exempt from Social Security, which was pretty much phased out in 1984 so unless you were working prior to 1984 and are subject to the Windfall Elimination Provision and/or the Government Pension Offset (the last provision is the more likely to hose some nowadays), you can get both a government pension and Social Security Benefits (I personally prepare a number of number of client returns with both). Teachers in Illinois pay into trs but not ss
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Thwomp posted:He's the candidate we have. Certainly not the one we need but that's a reflection on the failure of democrats to rally behind a better candidate. Iirc mastershakeman voted for Trump so maybe don't take his thoughts too seriously?
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More money for us, gently caress you That "what could a billion dollars buy Illinois" ad should end with a call to confiscate both Rauner's and Pritzker's wealth to get those things.
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Why not call for an amendment
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But if he's got support/votes for the plan he's floating, wouldn't he have support for an amendment to do the same thing but much simpler?
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baquerd posted:You're absolutely right that people are leaving because the government sucks, but I would argue that's because we're getting lovely value for our taxes. That is, the taxes are not high in an absolute sense, but relatively high when compared to what Californians get out of their government. If you want to improve services instead of wasting salaries on a million different administrative groups without raising taxes, that would also be nice. Actually public unions are good
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Aug 16, 2018 23:07
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Smashing more working class jobs so the wealthy don't have to pay a cent more in taxes is just what Illinois needs!
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It's about more than income
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baquerd posted:Like what? If they don't like the working conditions they have a living wage and can just quit. People will still aspire to more than the bare minimum living wage and employers will still be assholes who need to be checked, people should also have a collective say in their workplace.
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There will still be employers both public and private. UBI doesn't eliminate the need for collective bargaining and workplace representation. Your whole framing, that people in unions don't succeed on their own merits, that your primary concern is your personal investment vehicles, and that you are trying to argue that UBI would be more politically palatable than a slightly progressive income tax tips your hand. brugroffil fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Aug 17, 2018 |
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Illinois is a poo poo state in a garbage part of the country with a broken and broke government but I don't know that "housing that is still reasonable" is something that is driving people *away* Lol if you would ever voluntarily live in Indiana though
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Vaminn posted:You can apply online and they send you the ballot in the mail that you send back. I've done it and it's an easy process. Yeah I do this every election since I travel for work on short notice. Check your state clerks website, it's super easy in Illinois
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Whoops yeah meant county clerk, good correction
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