{"id":2131,"date":"2014-08-06T13:18:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T18:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2014-08-06T13:30:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T18:30:35","slug":"tuesday-blue-note-how-bruce-rauner-is-costing-illinois-millions-of-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/tuesday-blue-note-how-bruce-rauner-is-costing-illinois-millions-of-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Blue Note: How Bruce Rauner is costing Illinois millions of dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

…from the Quinn campaign yesterday (I pasted it in here from the email and some of the formatting doesn’t transfer well. \u00a0I’ll try to work on that before next time. \u00a0I’m also working to figure out how you might sign up to receive these “Blue Note” mailings\u00a0directly. \u00a0More to come…):<\/p>\n

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$$$$ in the Cayman Islands<\/h3>\n

By stashing cash in the Cayman Islands, Rauner avoided paying U.S and Illinois taxes on parts of his fortune. Sound familiar? That’s because Mitt Romney did the same thing. Because of these types of offshore tax-shelters, Illinois is losing millions of dollars in tax revenue every year.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

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Who’s talking about this?<\/h3>\n

Everyone. This story has caught people’s attention. Help fan the flames\u2014share this article from the\u00a0Daily Kos<\/a>\u00a0or this one from the\u00a0Sun Times<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Tweet this<\/h3>\n

Bruce Rauner dodged paying Illinois and U.S. taxes by stashing cash in offshore accounts on the Cayman Islands. <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/XB8wbP<\/a><\/td>\n

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Or this<\/h3>\n

Republican billionaire Bruce Rauner is even more like Mitt Romney than you thought:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/1p8wvJW<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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How can Bruce Rauner be our governor if he won’t invest in our state?<\/h1>\n

Share the Facebook post linked above to help your networks understand who the #RealRauner really is.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Vote by mail<\/h3>\n

Guess what! Starting\u00a0tomorrow<\/span><\/span>you can request a ballot to vote by mail. Illinois now has “no excuse” early voting.\u00a0Now anyone who wants to vote by mail can. (Woohoo!)<\/span><\/td>\n

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Day of Action<\/h3>\n

Democrats across Illinois teamed up for a day of action last weekend.\u00a0See how it went<\/a>.<\/td>\n

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Game day with the Governor<\/h3>\n

Saturday<\/span><\/span>, Governor Quinn took the contest winners to a\u00a0White Sox game<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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