Illinois governor: I want to 'rip the economic guts out of Indiana'
Source: Indianapolis Star
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he wants to "rip the economic guts out of Indiana."
The newly elected governor of Indiana's western neighbor told the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune on Monday that he plans to poach Hoosier jobs as part of his state turnaround plan.
"Believe me, I am going to rip try to rip the economic guts out of Indiana," he told the newspaper. "I am one of the baddest, you know, enemies anybody can have. And when I set a goal, we do it. I don't care what the headline is. I want the results. And we're coming after Indiana big time. But you know what, we're going to do it on our terms, the right way."
But Rauner, a Republican who took office in January, dismissed the controversy over Indiana's "religious freedom" bill as a "headline opportunity," rather than a real one.
Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/07/illinois-governor-want-rip-economic-guts-indiana/25406081/
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)What an ass. It'd serve him right if Gov. Dense blocked off the Indiana Toll Road at the Illinois line.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Isn't that a neighborly thing to try to do.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)All that love thy neighbor shit gets to stay in church I guess.
Republican's are assholes every last one of them.
on point
(2,506 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)greed merchant RAuner to suffer through. His idea is that rather than actually create jobs he will steal them from someone or somewhere else. Having seen his record as a vulture capitalist I guess it is not an unexpected course to take.
He is cutting the most essential social programs that actually help the citizens of this state while giving himself a rather large cut in taxes.
Rauner is the worst kind of political scum that has bought his governorship and I am afraid the people of this state will pay dearly for that purchase.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)chapdrum
(930 posts)Now on Pay-Per-View!
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)3catwoman3
(24,083 posts)...Governor Ruiner. Quite apt.
dicksmc3
(262 posts)I think Indiana will have to wait. Ruiner is doing it to Illinois FIRST!!!
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Sounds about right.
Why oh why did my state elect this sack of warm shit?
Enrique
(27,461 posts)what happens when a state has its economic guts ripped out? Homelessness? Hungry children? Elderly people working until they die?
But those are people in another state so he's not supposed to care about that?
Skittles
(153,243 posts)RecoveringJournalist
(148 posts)Hey, I thought it was all about states' rights. Lets turn them all against each other, yeah! THAT'S IT!
kacekwl
(7,024 posts)talk. Success at any cost or without regard for the cost to people. Lovely .