Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Does Rauner's governance border on sociopathy?



It has been heartbreaking and horrifying to see Gov. Bruce Rauner degrade life in Illinois for all but the heartless wealthy these past two years, plus. Gifted students flee the state for one that not only values, but funds good education. Businesses that Rauner claims to represent wait months for payment of governmental services and supplies, causing some to close up shop. Services to the elderly, the poor, working mothers, parolees, our precious kids in Chicago's beleaguered schools, the mentally challenged, all dry up, leaving Illinois' most vulnerable worse off. Entrepreneurs take their capital to states that truly support business development. Our crumbling infrastructure crumbles on without repair. Rauner, meanwhile, rolls his eyes and says we must have a permanent property tax freeze and no progressive income tax on the fabulously wealthy; only more draconian cuts on the  powerless to move Illinois forward.

Rauner's governance may not be illegal, never landing him in jail. But it is cruelly immoral and appears to this observer as a form of sociopathy. That is much, much worse.

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