Great idea! Rauner wants to slash units of Illinois government

While Illinois is the nation's fifth-most populous state, it is burned by the most government units--nearly 7,000 of them.

Political newcomer Bruce Rauner, wants to slash many of these weeds, among other things.

Rauner was campaigning in central Illinois today.

From the News-Gazette:

One of the first things he'd do as governor, Republican nominee Bruce Rauner said Wednesday, is appoint a task force to study Illinois' state and local government structure with an eye toward reducing their numbers and size.

Rauner also said, during a brief stop at the Scott Bidner farm northwest of Champaign, that he soon will unveil "a comprehensive tax review and tax overhaul" plan.

He said his campaign is "in the mid-stage of that and we hope that in the coming few weeks we come with a comprehensive plan recommending how we should overhaul the tax code.

"We're a couple, a few weeks away from that. Early on in our campaign we want to set an agenda that's for economic growth, tax overhaul, spending overhaul, bureaucracy reduction and investment in education and all will be part of our plan that we will be rolling out in the coming weeks."

Incumbent Pat Quinn, a longtime politician not only wants to make his "temporary" 67 percent income tax hike permanent, the Chicago Democrat wants to continue the status quo. Illinois has the nation's second-highest unemployment rate, the worst credit rating of the fifty states, and over $6 billion in unpaid bills.

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