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. So when people said it was a balanced budget, it wasn't. And then every Illinoisan, as you know, was paying the price. (10:37–10:50)
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Asserts that Illinois experienced 20 consecutive credit downgrades over 25 years before JB Pritzker's tenure.
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