Clean water and solid ground in Illinois, for now...

If Bruce Rauner becomes governor of Illinois, he will swiftly allow fracking all over our state.  This will pollute groundwater and cause earthquakes.  Early voting is open now.  Vote now!

http://wjbdradio.com/LocalNews/Candidates-in-Their-Own-Words--Bruce-Rauner#.VCX8C_ldWSo

Do you want to give congress 186 Million dollars to do nothing?

If the Republicans keep the house and/or take the Senate, nothing will get done for another two years.  They have stated that their goal is to make sure nothing gets done.  They even oppose things that they initially proposed (health care comes to mind).  So if you don't vote Democratic, government will remain crippled.  And it will not be any better if they take both houses, because Obama will veto whatever legislation they propose to benefit the 0.1% at the cost of the rest of us (and that's all they do because that's all they represent).  Congresspeople and Senators are paid $174,000 per year.  There are 535 of them.  They will collectively receive $186 Million dollars over the next two years.  Do you really want these guys to get 186 million to do nothing?  And while they waste time, our recovery and development remain stalled.

Imagine you had a football team.  The running back wants to be team captain and some of the linemen want him to be captain as well.  But the quarterback also wants to be captain.  More people vote for the quarterback than the running back, so the QB is captain.  Now imagine that the running back and his linemen agree that they will not try anoymore.  They won't block, they won't try to tackle, they won't run the ball, they won't do anything.  If you were in charge of this team, would you give them 186 million dollars?  No, you would fire them.  The Republicans have disabled our government.  Fire them.

It's simple math, people

So if I am a minimum wage worker, I make $7.50/hour, which is $300/week.   If I get a raise to $10/hour and I am working 40 hours/week, then I'll get another $100/week.  BUT, if employers like McDonalds have to pay minimum wage workers $10/hour, then they'll have to raise their prices.  Some estimate that the price of a Big Mac could go up by as much as $0.60.  So if I were to eat a Big Mac every meal for a week, it would cost me an additional $12.60.  That leaves me with ONLY an additional $87.40/week.    Therefore, we should not raise the minimum wage.  I mean, who would agree to pay an additional $12.60 just so they could make another $100?  Bruce Rauner (Illinois Republican Governor candidate) understands why we should lower the minimum wage.   Knock me down to $5/hour and my Big Mac cost could drop by as much as $0.60.  So I'm making $100/week less ($200/week), but I am saving $12.60 on food.  So my choices are:  $5hour, $200/week minus $12.60 for food, $7.50/hour, $300/week and the same food cost, or $400/week and an additional $12.60 for food.  So would you rather have $212.60, $300, or $387.40?  And if you can do that math and don't come to the conclusion I want, that is proof that we need to cut education spending.