Daniel Biss in The Chicago Tribune
On Abortion:
Criticized governor for attempt to ban abortion
Biss last year ran a political action committee that sought to link Rauner to President Donald Trump. At his campaign announcement this year,
Biss criticized Rauner for refusing to speak out against Trump's attempts to curb immigration, to ban abortion and to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race
Mar 20, 2017
On Government Reform:
Political system favors billionaires & machine politicians
State Sen. Daniel Biss formally announced his Democratic candidacy for governor, assailing a broken system he says favors his political opponents. "We have a political system where billionaires and machine politicians are the ones who are listened to.
That's the system we have to change," Biss, who has represented Evanston for six years in legislature, said in a 25-minute Facebook Live video."We have to build a movement of the people because the question fundamentally is, 'Who do politicians feel
obligated to listen to?' In Illinois, the public has set very low expectations and we can understand why," he said.
Biss' indictment of Illinois' system of government covered a wide swath, including not only
Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner but also Democratic rivals for governor. Rauner dismissed Biss as "part of the system."
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race
Mar 20, 2017
On Health Care:
Criticized governor for attempt to repeal ObamaCare
Biss last year ran a political action committee that sought to link Rauner to President Donald Trump. At his campaign announcement this year,
Biss criticized Rauner for refusing to speak out against Trump's attempts to curb immigration, to ban abortion and to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race
Mar 20, 2017
On Immigration:
Criticized governor for attempt to curb immigration
Biss last year ran a political action committee that sought to link Rauner to President Donald Trump. At his campaign announcement this year,
Biss criticized Rauner for refusing to speak out against Trump's attempts to curb immigration, to ban abortion and to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race
Mar 20, 2017
On Social Security:
Alter public employee pensions to reduce state pension debt
It is questionable whether Biss will enjoy support from organized labor, a traditional Democratic ally.
In 2013 he co-sponsored legislation to alter public employee pensions to reduce the state's massive pension debt. The plan was later struck down by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race
Mar 20, 2017
On Tax Reform:
Initiate a state graduated income tax
In staking out a populist progressive tone, Biss backed changing the Illinois Constitution to allow the imposition of a graduated income tax, which would require the wealthy to pay higher rates.
He also spoke of the need to change Illinois' property tax-dependent system of financing education and providing economic help to impoverished neighborhoods and communities.
Source: Chicago Tribune on 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race
Mar 20, 2017
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