2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Does Sanders' college plan really rely on governors to release funds? [View all]alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)As I noted in the OP, we can't even get Bruce Rauner to disburse MAP Grant funds already promised to 130,000 low income students. We have an actual bill before the Illinois State senate (SB2043) to clear up that logjam regardless of other budget issues, but Rauner is promising to veto it: he's clearing nothing without a budget and not signing any budget that doesn't eviscerate the public employee unions and basically void the pension funds. So, we can talk about groundswell all we want, but I'd really like to know how this plan works if it will face such opposition from an intransigent governor even in blue Illinois!
How are you going to get Rauner to sign off on the Sanders free college plan when we can't get him to allow disbursement of funds for 130,000 low income students already promised!?
Don't tell me I'm a reactionary. Tell me how.