Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed ways for Illinois to better fund pensions, but one of the governor’s potential challengers in November says the real answer lies in the state budget.
With Illinois’ public sector pension liability around $140 billion, the governor suggested extending the state’s pension buyout program and transferring unexpected surplus income tax revenues.
Former state Senator Darren Bailey contends that the answer involves addressing state spending that surged after Pritzker took office.
Bailey said the state budget rose from around $32 billion in 2017 to more than $55 billion this year.
Bailey and fellow Republicans Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heidner and James Mendrick have all said that billions of state taxpayer dollars were spent on people who are in the United States illegally.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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