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2025-05-27 Home Front: Politix

JB Pritzker is acting presidential — too bad his state is in shambles

[NYPOST] JB Pritzker made headlines when he called for ''mass protests'' against the Trump administration. There's no question, the second-term governor of Illinois is positioning himself for a presidential run, as he crisscrosses the country lauding his time serving the citizens of the Prairie State.

But what he's not telling the crowd about Illinois is precisely what Americans need to know most.

Americans are more worried today about the nation's financial problems than they've been in a decade. A recent Gallup poll found that 81% of Americans are personally concerned a ''great deal'' or ''fair amount'' about federal spending and the federal deficit.

A federal government run like the state of Illinois would do little to quell their fears. Today, Illinois has more than $200 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, with the state's government pension systems hovering around 50% funded. (By comparison, even the most conservative estimates place New York state's pension fund at 99% funded.) It's bad news for pensioners, who live with the uncertainty of not knowing if a retirement check from the state could bounce. It's perhaps even worse news for Illinois taxpayers, who are on the hook for such enormous liabilities.

Posted by Fred 2025-05-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [205 views ] Top

#1 Jelly Belly is on a roll.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-05-27 06:40|| 2025-05-27 06:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh please ...our finances are the least of Pritzker's sins. The man's an autocrat who rules with an iron fist and the State Legislature is a one-party factory of left-wing craziness. Taxes, education, gun laws, immigration, and jurisprudence are all a mess here. He's styles himself as the head of an independent country ...

Posted by Chicago Lurker 2025-05-27 08:25|| 2025-05-27 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 He's styles himself as the head of an independent country ...

Cook county is "an independent country," has been for decades.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-05-27 09:46|| 2025-05-27 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 I still remember hearing on the radio in the middle 1960s - 'Is it true you gave the City's insurance contract to your son's firm, Mayor Daley?'

"Yes, what's wrong with that?"

Posted by Bobby 2025-05-27 11:31|| 2025-05-27 11:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Making this guy the symbol of the D party would be worth about a dozen seats in 2026

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-05-27 12:13|| 2025-05-27 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 So we trade a senile president for one who is morbidly obese?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-05-27 12:59|| 2025-05-27 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 The man's an autocrat who rules with an iron fist and the State Legislature is a one-party factory of left-wing craziness. Taxes, education, gun laws, immigration, and jurisprudence are all a mess here.

Gosh, that sounds a lot like California.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-05-27 13:01|| 2025-05-27 13:01|| Front Page Top

#8 If by presidential you mean the President Taft look a like contest winner - then yes.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2025-05-27 23:22|| 2025-05-27 23:22|| Front Page Top

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