They're going to cost us more as a result of what he's done. So we're going to have to make, you know, serious changes to the way we do things. And I just want to say Balancing the budget for the state of Illinois, for the city of Chicago, vital, can't be ignored, has to be done, shouldn't be done with a head tax in the city of Chicago. Let's talk about the so called sweetener of the so called pension sweetener that you passed that for the city of Chicago, for the firefighters and so on that the city has estimated will cost $11 billion over the next three decades. (33:08–33:20)
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Asserts the importance of balancing budgets for Illinois and Chicago without using a head tax.
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