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JB Pritzker: “I've paid more into the pension system than is required by…”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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Published | Video Starts at 37:13

We paid off all the short term debt that we had. We have long term debt, pensions being one of them, which we're continuing. And I've paid more into the pension system than is required by law. because we need to get there faster. And we've done a few other things. I'll talk about our pensions, but for the city of Chicago, same thing. (37:13–37:18)

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Asserts that he has paid more into the Illinois pension system than legally required.

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