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JB Pritzker: “Rainy day fund that didn't exist now, billions of dollars.”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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The Resistance Blueprint | Gov. JB Pritzker

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

And you know, we've balanced the budget seven years in a row and 10 credit upgrades, more, more than any other state in the last 25 years. And you know, Rainy day fund that didn't exist now, billions of dollars. Anyway, that was my first crisis and that was my first year in office. And then right into the COVID crisis and then right into the migrant crisis. Right, I forgot. (02:56–03:00)

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Asserts that Illinois now has a rainy day fund worth billions of dollars, which did not exist before.

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