Gov. J.B. Pritzker has contributed another $51.5 million to a ballot initiative committee backing an amendment to the Illinois Constitution allowing for a graduated-rate income tax, a show of force in what is expected to be an expensive and contentious battle over the billionaire governor’s signature policy goal.
What a tone deaf man. He inherits money, stashes it in TX and the Bahamas and then flies in and out of the state like it is a part time job. IL needs to do better.
Lyn P
5 years ago
You can’t fix stupid but you can buy it.
Bob Out of Here
5 years ago
He should send that money to the state instead since he’s feeling so generous.
Mike
5 years ago
How to delay reform in the State of Illinois?
Find a billionaire who is willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on electing himself and other Democrats, and on Democrat initiatives such as changing the state income tax rate from a flat rate to an adjustable rate.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
What a tone deaf man. He inherits money, stashes it in TX and the Bahamas and then flies in and out of the state like it is a part time job. IL needs to do better.
You can’t fix stupid but you can buy it.
He should send that money to the state instead since he’s feeling so generous.
How to delay reform in the State of Illinois?
Find a billionaire who is willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on electing himself and other Democrats, and on Democrat initiatives such as changing the state income tax rate from a flat rate to an adjustable rate.
And what might JB want in return?
Money the root of all evils