Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan won’t fix Illinois’ pension problems, ratings agency says – Chicago Tribune

The additional contributions “would be helpful,” Fitch Ratings said in its analysis of the proposal Pritzker presented last month for the budget year that begins July 1. “But on their own, they would not materially affect Fitch’s view that the state’s budget remains structurally unbalanced.”
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Fed up neighbor
6 years ago

And it’s already spent all in the wrong places.

MikeH
6 years ago

And keep in mind, that’s assuming the revenue is not already earmarked for something else. (Which we already know it is)

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