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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday used his first-ever appearance on Fox News to take his criticisms of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs to the network’s conservative-leaning audience, labeling the Republican administration’s levies on imports “taxes on working families.” Pritzker also forecasted a "big recession" because of the tariffs.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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What does he know about working anyway.
This is a case of the pot calling the kettle black!
Illinois taxes are the biggest burden on my working family.
My illinois property tariffs are a strain on my family.
Say what you will but Governor Fatboy knows ALL ABOUT taxing working families until they’re broke.
Pritzker is a evil man remember he is a son of the devil he doesn’t care about Illinois his agenda is totally set on the White House in 2028 he has almost taxed Illinois and the taxpayers into oblivion.
What about that never ending yearly tax increase on a gallon of gas you fat pig?
J.B. is correct, but even a broken clock works twice a day. This said, where was J.B.’s critique when the “Biden” Administration applied tariffs to imported goods?
But you are the king of taxes.
You have raised every tax Illinois there is and more.
You raised all these taxes.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzkers-record-24-tax-fee-hikes-taking-5-24-billion-more-from-illinoisans/
How have you helped the average person in Illinois? What have you done for working families?
Give us a list on how we are better off?
The height of hypocrisy for JB & the machine to be talken —“taxes on working families”!!