So after decades of negative cash flow in this state, Illinois has now had four years in a row of positive cash flow. Among other things, that has meant that our ag programs and our rural development initiatives are fully funded. Our distributions to local governments are higher, despite what some people want to tell you, much higher than they were before. And our state's borrowing costs have been reduced by hundreds of millions of dollars because we have better credit ratings. (12:49–12:57)
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Asserts that Illinois' distributions to local governments have increased significantly under JB Pritzker.
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