After seven years in office, what's your best evidence Illinois is changing that long term trajectory and where are we? Still falling short. Yeah. So let's start with where we started from, really, which is Illinois was growing at less than half of the growth rate of the nation when I took office. We also were being dragged down by fiscal irresponsibility and unbalanced budgets. In fact, we had a $17 billion bill backlog, as you may recall. And all of those things weigh on the state. (01:44–01:51)
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Asserts that Illinois's growth rate was less than half of the national rate when Pritzker took office.
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