Letter: Governors tell tall tales for Rauner
Our billionaire governor, Bruce Rauner, can afford expensive commercials but he cannot afford to tell the truth. Have you seen his commercial featuring three republican governors lying about the booming economy in their respective states?
Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, has waged war on workers, failing to generate new jobs or higher household incomes. Despite his $2 million deficit, he cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires while slashing education. His lavish corporate subsidies have failed to produce any new jobs. He refuses to raise the minimum wage or pass equal pay legislation.
Under Eric Holcomb, governor of Indiana, per capita income has fallen from 33rd to 38th in the nation. Tourism is suffering because Halcomb has continued the unwelcome policies of Mike Pence regarding civil rights for gay, bisexual, and transgender people. He still defends the use of coal energy, denies climate change and strongly opposed the EPA Clean Power Plan.
Eric Greitens, governor of Missouri, stands accused of breaking the law by ousting the state's top school official. He wants to replace her and others with people who will further his agenda of implementing charter schools. This year he announced a $146.4 million budget cut due to a poor state economy. More than half the cuts are coming from the department of higher education that oversees the state colleges and universities.
He also cut $8.6 million from the transportation department of elementary and secondary education.
Betty Murphy,
Orion, Illinois
Above is from: http://www.qconline.com/opinion/letters/letter-governors-tell-tall-tales-for-rauner/article_c957f9c4-fbee-5034-bf19-db9d6eac25fe.html
