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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm and Rauner ride the same money train

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rahm and Rauner ride the same money train:



Rahm and Rauner ride the same money train


There's a Republican Party in Chicago. It's called the Democratic Party.

Among it's top leaders are Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Republican candidate for governor, billionaire union buster, Bruce Rauner. Both are backed by the same wealthy corporate donors, especially those who are corporate school "reformers" and public school privatizers like Ken Griffin and Eric Lefkofsky—both on the 2013 Forbes list of billionaires. Members of Chicago’s