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Not only did Pritzker increase spending from $38.5 billion to $53.2 billion through six state budgets – growing more than any of the four prior state governors in terms of dollars – but he also outspent inflation.
That looks really bad.
But using their numbers means that almost $10 billion of the $14.7 billion increase was inflation. So, in real inflation-adjusted dollars, state spending has increased by about $5 billion through six budgets, or about $833 million a fiscal year. That’s a 10.5 percent actual increase since July of 2019, when Pritzker’s first budget was enacted.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:08 pm
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“Pritzker does no wrong. We get it.”
Something tells me what you don’t get would just about squeeze into the Grand Canyon.
As far as the IPI drivel, who’s keeping that mildew-infested 30-year-old camp canoe afloat?
Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:21 pm
And yet, my taxes did not go up at the state level. So more services, for no additional taxes.
At the local level, my property taxes went up a lot, but no new services.
So I guess Pritzker ‘done alright.’
Comment by H-W Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:23 pm
How much of the increase was due to the pension ramp?
Comment by May soon be required Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:29 pm
And a lot of that would be the evidence based funding formula, right? IL was one of the worst in the nation when it came to STATE funds for public schools, as opposed to local property taxes, and that’s slowly been changing. Like $300 million more a year, right?
Comment by Perrid Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:30 pm
Nobody can take IPI seriously everything they do is disingenuous, slanted, Highly biased. The answer to your canoe question is: bitter old Republican men, BTW.
Comment by Give Us Barrabbas Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:32 pm
IPI distorting something to try to make Pritzker look bad?
Say it isn’t it.
Comment by btowntruth from forgottonia Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:45 pm
$350 million of that $833 is the bipartisan agreement to increase funding by that amount for the EBF each year.
Who knows how much of the rest is pensions.
Comment by Juice Friday, May 30, 25 @ 2:54 pm
It’s okay, China pays for our inflation.
Comment by Irreverent Friday, May 30, 25 @ 3:35 pm
Also. They’re looking at 2009 for a reason. If they looked further back, it would be a very different picture.
The $15B increase has been partly due to inflation and partly to catch up from years of underinvestment in all state services.
Comment by JoeMaddon Friday, May 30, 25 @ 5:25 pm
IPI is such a dishonest organization.
Comment by Glengarry Friday, May 30, 25 @ 7:02 pm