Saturday, October 17, 2015

Rauner cares?

Rauner made $58 million in 2014, tax return reveals as he tries to convince everyone that his shutdown of the state is not about his ego.

Bruce Rauner and his wife Diana prepare to vote in November 2014. File Photo. | Al Podgorski 
 
Business is still booming for Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife Diana, who reported more than $58 million in income in 2014, according to a joint tax filing released by the governor’s office on Friday.
The Rauners reported $58.3 million in total income on their federal return. Their adjusted gross income was $57.5 million. They paid $15.2 million in federal taxes and $2.8 million in Illinois taxes, according to the filing.


The governor’s office did not release the schedules for the filing, which provide information on interest income, mortgage interest and charitable deductions. But in a news release, the governor’s office said the Rauners made $3.3 million in charitable contributions.

Last October, Rauner’s office released four pages of his 2013 tax return, also without the accompanying schedules. That filing revealed the Rauners took in $60.8 million in income, up from the $53.4 million they reported making in 2012. In 2011, Rauner reported $28.1 million in income and in 2010, $27.1 million.
In October 2014, Rauner was in the midst of a contentious campaign against former Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn’s campaign at the time questioned why Rauner didn’t release his entire tax return to the public.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous10/19/2015

    What does his income have to do with whether the Democrats wont pass a budget in Springfield? And where does that show that his income has anything to do with his ego regarding the budget ? I for one think I would rather have a guy who can generate that kind of income through his own brain, skill and hard work. Whereas Quinn was a "Community Organizer" Like Obama who was throwing rocks at people with nice cars and was always trying to gin up hostility and class warfare. We cannot keep going with business as usual in Springfield...it hurts a bit now but restoring some fiscal responsibility....or sanity may be a better word....will help the future of all Illinoisians, including those with pensions. p.s - I hope you will fairly post this as I have noticed some of my posts defending Rauner don't seem to appear.

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