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JB Pritzker: “We paid literally, I think we're at 12 or $13 billion of, of…”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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Published | Video Starts at 36:47

Maybe 30 days is okay, you know, but, but look, I, I, I, you know, I understand balancing a budget is really hard and paying off debt is really hard. We've done that. We paid literally, I think we're at 12 or $13 billion of, of debt that we paid off. In addition to balancing the budget over the last six and a half, seven, seven budgets we have, we, we had no, as of the end of the fiscal year, we had no short term debt in the state. (36:47–36:53)

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Asserts that Illinois has paid off $12 to $13 billion of debt.

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