- Jessica Koscielniak/Chicago Sun-Times
- On Republican Day last week at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Bruce Rauner arrived on his Harley.
Hi folks, great to see ya, and thanks for comin’ out. As you know, I wanna be your governor so we can shake up Springfield and bring back Illinois. I’m gonna take on the special interests, and drive those career politicians nuts.
We’d release the full schedules, but they’re so complicated we think folks would misunderstand ’em. We already got some career journalists complainin’ because we only paid 19 percent even though our $108 million those three years may have put us in the 35 percent bracket. We took advantage of some things, but it was all perfectly legal. There’s carried interest, for instance, which allows private equity partners like me to count compensation income as capital gains. Some of those career economists call that a loophole, but it’s for everyone—any private equity partner can use it. You might say I have a special interest in carried interest, but that’s not the kinda special interest I’m against.
I hope you’ll keep followin’ our campaign on our website. And if you’re lookin’ for a gift for that special friend, just click on “shop” to select from a variety of our affordably priced products. The BRUCE RAUNER SHAKE UP SPRINGFIELD fleece vest is only $40. Because we need the women’s vote, we’ve got a WOMEN FOR RAUNER T-shirt for $25. We need the Hispanic vote too, so there’s an AMIGOS DE RAUNER cap for just $20. We’ll be happy to offer an AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR RAUNER T-shirt soon’s we get some demand.
