… can do is to stabilize our state finances and invest in the things that help your businesses and your families thrive, that's what we ought to be focusing on. So When I became governor in 2019, maybe some of you remember, our state had gone two years without a budget. Years of dysfunction and fiscal mismanagement led to 20 straight credit downgrades in a row over 25 years in a row, not one up. 20 down a $3 billion structural deficit. (10:30–10:38)
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Asserts that Illinois had no budget for two years before JB Pritzker became governor in 2019.
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