And that was costing a billion dollars right there just to pay off, you know, his, the interest on the debts that he was racking up. So When I came in office, $17 billion in the hole, and we really hadn't balanced the budget in many years. in the state. It was sort of covered up that we were running deficits. So I came into office at a time when people understood that we need to get back on track. (17:29–17:37)
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Asserts that Illinois had a $17 billion deficit and unbalanced budgets for many years before his tenure.
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