And it makes it very hard to attract companies from outside of Chicago to come into Chicago and harder for companies that are in Chicago to stay. And we're a state that had a bad reputation. And When I came into office and I spent six and a half years trying to turn that reputation around, balance our budgets, attract businesses, create incentives for businesses, cut taxes. do everything that I could possibly do to, to attract new businesses and to keep businesses here, not just here, but growing here, expanding here. (30:58–31:09)
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Asserts efforts to improve Illinois' reputation by balancing budgets, attracting businesses, and cutting taxes.
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