Since I took office, I balanced the budget eight straight years in a row and Moody's S and P and Fitch started giving us credit upgrades. Didn't just start, we've now gotten 10 credit upgrades in a row and we expect more. Our state pension funded ratio, this is important, has increased from about 39% when I took office to 50%. Are we celebrating? No, but it's progress. I also consolidated 649 small downstate fire and police pension funds, which has alleviated some of the upward pressure on local property taxes. (11:52–12:00)
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Asserts that Illinois' state pension funded ratio increased from 39% to 50% under JB Pritzker.
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