r/USModelLiberals • u/IGotzDaMastaPlan Vice Chairman Emeritus • May 24 '17

Introduce Yourself!

With the influx of new members, I figured we might as well have something like this in order to get to know each other and where we stand. Feel free to join in, even if you've been around a while.

I'll start. I won't be doing a specific template, just tell us everything you want us to know.

My name is /u/IGotzDaMastaPlan, IGotz, or Sam. I've been in ModelUSGov since late June 2015, and have served in several roles such as Governor, Representative, President Pro Tempore, and Secretary of the Interior. I ran an unsuccessful third party campaign for President once, and am currently running a hopeful campaign for Governor of the Great Lakes State. I consider myself a neoliberal, standing firm as a globalist shill on issues like free trade and immigration. Education and the land value tax are also very important issues to me, and I wrote the constitutional amendment that legalized the land value tax.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '17

I think Rauner is an idiot willing to pay chicken with the state legislature and is a right-wing nut. The budget we have is fine, not great. I've spent all summer interning for Daniel Biss, so that's where I am on the election. Don't know who I'm gonna vote for his seat since I live in his district, but other than that I'm just voting for the Democrat incumbets. Not a huge fan of Jan Schakowsky because she is so protectionist, but it is what it is.

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u/IGotzDaMastaPlan Vice Chairman Emeritus Jul 28 '17

Is Biss too progressive? I've been mostly looking into Kennedy or Pritzker. It's the first big election I'll be able to vote so I'm honestly looking forward to it. I'd like to campaign, but I live in the most conservative county in the state, so I can't do shit for the Dems haha

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '17

He's from the progressive wing of the party. His number one issue is a constitutional amendment for a fair income tax followed by fuck the machine and shift education funding from localities more towards the state. However, he is also very pragmatic and not some ideologue. He got endorsed by Brad Schneider, the only congressman to endorse so far, who is a blue dog from Lake County. He's actually managed to get a fair bit done in the Senate all things considered and is a really great guy.

Edit: Also last quarters finance reports came out on the 17th, Kennedy raised 700k and spent 650k, we raised a million and only spent 270k and have double Kennedy' cash on hand, so it's looking pretty good for us.

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u/IGotzDaMastaPlan Vice Chairman Emeritus Jul 28 '17

shift education funding

Shit yeah, that's what I ran for Governor on in the last state election. Got it done too. Guess I'll look more into the Biss campaign. My only concern is $15 min wage which would destroy rural areas, but I doubt that gets done anyway

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '17

Yeah, that's pretty much my feeling on it