Daniel Biss is not a billionaire. He worries about balancing the cost of living with saving for his children’s college education, and he understands that the necessities of life are out of reach for far too many families. Daniel knows first hand what a difference it would make in our lives to fully fund public education, to make public universities tuition-free, and to have a Medicare for All system that would free us from the financial crisis that almost always accompanies a health crisis. Daniel is committed to closing corporate tax loopholes and making the very rich pay their fair share so that Illinois can afford to make these investments in our lives and our communities.

We simply can’t afford four more years of a governor who has a direct self-interest in preserving the status quo or — worse yet — making money from budget cuts and the privatization of our public goods and services. The status quo looks like this: big-money donors deciding elections, two-thirds of corporations paying NO income tax in Illinois, and millionaires and billionaires paying the same income tax rate as the rest of us. We pay for this status quo through cuts to education, cuts public health, cuts the social safety net, and crumbling infrastructure. We need a governor who knows our challenges and will fight for our communities. We need Daniel Biss.