Doughboy Pritzker

TigerGrowls · Jun 12, 2026

And you libs want him to be potus???

Illinois has the most state pension debt in America — by a wide margin. How bad is it?

IL Pension Debt: $145.49B

The bottom 41 states combined: $145.77B

IL population: ~12.7M Bottom 41 states: ~180M

And Pritzker and his allies in Springfield are considering pension sweeteners that could add $76B+ more in costs for Illinois taxpayers.

This is not sustainable. This is a crisis.

Fasteddie24 · Jun 12, 2026

Illinois has always been one the two or three most corrupt states in the UNION.

SoProudNole · Jun 12, 2026

S.hit, this guy would be an improvement over the current skidmark we're stuck with.

TigerGrowls · Jun 12, 2026

SoProudNole said:
S.hit, this guy would be an improvement over the current skidmark we're stuck with.

Not a smart comment for many reasons. Pritzker first of all would immediately open the border which would be a disaster.

SoProudNole · Jun 12, 2026

TigerGrowls said:
Not a smart comment for many reasons. Pritzker first of all would immediately open the border which would be a disaster.

You can't make a single post without it containing a stupid comment. See the bolded part above. You make s.hit up, all day long.

hawkeyetraveler · Jun 12, 2026

Pritzker inherited a colossal mess from his GOP and Dem predecessors. He has dramatically improved state finances and the trajectory is positive. But the state is far from out of the woods.

Y’all are doing the equivalent of blaming the relief pitcher for the fact he took the mound with the score 10-1 against his team.

There are plenty of reasons why Pritzker probably won’t be president, his fiscal decisions in Illinois are not one of them.

TigerGrowls · Jun 12, 2026

SoProudNole said:
You can't make a single post without it containing a stupid comment. See the bolded part above. You make s.hit up, all day long.

So you think the dumocrats are for border security all of a sudden???

TigerGrowls · Monday at 2:47 AM

Morton Salt Flees Illinois After 176 Years – Cites JB Pritzker’s Crushing Taxes and Failing Blue-State Policies

Morton Salt, the iconic American company founded in 1848, has officially moved its corporate headquarters from downtown Chicago to Overland Park, Kansas.

Critics and business advocates have pointed to the state’s high corporate tax rates, rising property taxes in Cook County, and plaintiff-friendly litigation environment as factors contributing to the decision.

Since the move, Morton Salt has deepened its commitment to the Kansas City area. The brand is now the official salt of the Kansas City Chiefs and has secured naming rights for a new Live Nation entertainment amphitheater in Riverside, Missouri.

TigerGrowls · Monday at 11:12 PM

hawkeyetraveler · Tuesday at 6:07 AM

TigerGrowls said:

Morton Salt left Chicago in December 2024.

Typical MAGA. A day late and a dollar short on pretty much everything.

fatpiggy · Tuesday at 6:10 AM

hawkeyetraveler said:
Morton Salt left Chicago in December 2024.

Typical MAGA. A day late and a dollar short on pretty much everything.

All left due to Democrat policies.

hawkeyetraveler · Tuesday at 6:11 AM

fatpiggy said:
All left due to Democrat policies.

Not disagreeing. Just saying it’s old news.

Anon1750875978 · Tuesday at 8:37 AM

TigerGrowls said:
So you think the dumocrats are for border security all of a sudden???

^^^
Isn't this cute, we have a numpty utilizing a Trumpism.

Many people don't know there's a "b" in dumb.

Fasteddie24 · Tuesday at 2:19 PM

hawkeyetraveler said:
Pritzker inherited a colossal mess from his GOP and Dem predecessors. He has dramatically improved state finances and the trajectory is positive. But the state is far from out of the woods.

Y’all are doing the equivalent of blaming the relief pitcher for the fact he took the mound with the score 10-1 against his team.

There are plenty of reasons why Pritzker probably won’t be president, his fiscal decisions in Illinois are not one of them.

Left by Democrats

hawkeyetraveler · Tuesday at 4:16 PM

Fasteddie24 said:
Left by Democrats

And Republicans. Check the party of recent Illinois governors. It’s not all Dems.

fatpiggy · Wednesday at 6:24 AM

hawkeyetraveler · Wednesday at 6:43 AM

fatpiggy said:

For me it is mostly about his fiscal policies. Here is the past 20 years per Gemini. Now I am NOT happy about this year’s deficit, although a lot of that is less federal funding which is a fiscal upside at a national level.

Outside that he has done a far better job than his predecessors of managing Illinois’ fiscal challenges. Look at the disaster than Rauner was in comparison. Today’s GOP are not fiscal conservatives. Trump is like Rauner, he loves a good deficit.

Fiscal Year (FY)	Governor	Political Party	Budget Status (Deficit / Surplus)
2007	Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	Deficit (~$213 million)
2008	Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	Deficit (~$834 million)
2009	Blagojevich / Pat Quinn	Democratic	Deficit (~$2.8 billion)
2010	Pat Quinn	Democratic	Deficit (~$4.7 billion)
2011	Pat Quinn	Democratic	Deficit (~$5.1 billion)
2012	Pat Quinn	Democratic	Deficit (~$2.5 billion)
2013	Pat Quinn	Democratic	Surplus (Near-balance / minor surplus via tax hike)
2014	Pat Quinn	Democratic	Surplus (Minor operating surplus)
2015	Pat Quinn / Bruce Rauner	Dem. / Republican	Deficit (~$1.1 billion)
2016	Bruce Rauner	Republican	Deficit (~$3.9 billion) (Budget Impasse)
2017	Bruce Rauner	Republican	Deficit (~$5.5 billion) (Budget Impasse)
2018	Bruce Rauner	Republican	Deficit (~$1.2 billion)
2019	Bruce Rauner / J.B. Pritzker	Rep. / Democratic	Deficit (~$1.5 billion)
2020	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	Deficit (~$1.1 billion) (COVID-19 volatility)
2021	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	Surplus (~$975 million operating surplus)
2022	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	Surplus (~$2.1 billion)
2023	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	Surplus (~$726 million)
2024	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	Surplus (~$450 million)
2025	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	Surplus (~$262 million)
2026 (Est.)	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	Deficit (~$267 million projected)

fatpiggy · Wednesday at 7:07 AM

hawkeyetraveler said:
For me it is mostly about his fiscal policies. Here is the past 20 years per Gemini. Now I am NOT happy about this year’s deficit, although a lot of that is less federal funding which is a fiscal upside at a national level.

Outside that he has done a far better job than his predecessors of managing Illinois’ fiscal challenges. Look at the disaster than Rauner was in comparison. Today’s GOP are not fiscal conservatives. Trump is like Rauner, he loves a good deficit.

Fiscal Year (FY) Governor Political Party Budget Status (Deficit / Surplus)
2007 Rod Blagojevich Democratic Deficit (~$213 million)
2008 Rod Blagojevich Democratic Deficit (~$834 million)
2009 Blagojevich / Pat Quinn Democratic Deficit (~$2.8 billion)
2010 Pat Quinn Democratic Deficit (~$4.7 billion)
2011 Pat Quinn Democratic Deficit (~$5.1 billion)
2012 Pat Quinn Democratic Deficit (~$2.5 billion)
2013 Pat Quinn Democratic Surplus (Near-balance / minor surplus via tax hike)
2014 Pat Quinn Democratic Surplus (Minor operating surplus)
2015 Pat Quinn / Bruce Rauner Dem. / Republican Deficit (~$1.1 billion)
2016 Bruce Rauner Republican Deficit (~$3.9 billion) (Budget Impasse)
2017 Bruce Rauner Republican Deficit (~$5.5 billion) (Budget Impasse)
2018 Bruce Rauner Republican Deficit (~$1.2 billion)
2019 Bruce Rauner / J.B. Pritzker Rep. / Democratic Deficit (~$1.5 billion)
2020 J.B. Pritzker Democratic Deficit (~$1.1 billion) (COVID-19 volatility)
2021 J.B. Pritzker Democratic Surplus (~$975 million operating surplus)
2022 J.B. Pritzker Democratic Surplus (~$2.1 billion)
2023 J.B. Pritzker Democratic Surplus (~$726 million)
2024 J.B. Pritzker Democratic Surplus (~$450 million)
2025 J.B. Pritzker Democratic Surplus (~$262 million)
2026 (Est.) J.B. Pritzker Democratic Deficit (~$267 million projected)

On a national level, I hate how neither party will reign in spending. There is no appetite for it, from either side. Trump is just as bad if not worse than previous Presidents, you will get no push back from me.

DOGE was the opportunity, that was the chance and it was soundly rejected. I now go with the Elon philosophy and it's is the guiding light in my investing philosophy right now. And that is that GROWTH is our only way out. The only way. We either have massive growth or we are quite literally f ucked.

Look at our big tech companies. The "hyperscalers" are being punished right now because they are investing "too much" into R&D, i.e. growth. They have no choice.

I'll have to look into the surpluses, we all know numbers can be misleading. While Illinois Bond ratings have improved under his tenure, they are still the worst state in the Union. In other words, there wasn't much room to go anywhere but up. At the same time, I have seen my property tax bills, and they are greatly outpacing the rate of inflation. At what cost did in taxes did this surplus come?

While a surplus is better than a deficit, i have to wonder how fair of a benchmark that is on his performance.

Rifler · Wednesday at 8:31 AM

fatpiggy said:

Illinois,.. A place where it's possible to be both the best governor your state has seen in recent history, and still be the worst governor in the country...

hawkeyetraveler · Wednesday at 8:38 AM

fatpiggy said:
On a national level, I hate how neither party will reign in spending. There is no appetite for it, from either side. Trump is just as bad if not worse than previous Presidents, you will get no push back from me.

DOGE was the opportunity, that was the chance and it was soundly rejected. I now go with the Elon philosophy and it's is the guiding light in my investing philosophy right now. And that is that GROWTH is our only way out. The only way. We either have massive growth or we are quite literally f ucked.

Look at our big tech companies. The "hyperscalers" are being punished right now because they are investing "too much" into R&D, i.e. growth. They have no choice.

I'll have to look into the surpluses, we all know numbers can be misleading. While Illinois Bond ratings have improved under his tenure, they are still the worst state in the Union. In other words, there wasn't much room to go anywhere but up. At the same time, I have seen my property tax bills, and they are greatly outpacing the rate of inflation. At what cost did in taxes did this surplus come?

While a surplus is better than a deficit, i have to wonder how fair of a benchmark that is on his performance.

To your last point I suppose we all have our scorecard for how we evaluate the role of a governor/president/etc. Mine is heavily weighted to economic and fiscal matters, other people’s is calibrated differently and I think that’s a good thing. But for me he has been the best governor since I moved here in 1995.

I was a fan of the concept of cost cutting like DOGE, but the implementation was a disaster. I’ve run major cost cutting campaigns in corporations and how Musk did it would never work in a democracy where Congress controls the purse. He acted like it was a dictatorship and they could unilaterally gut spending. It just doesn’t work that way and he was foolish to think it could. And now 1/2 the damn country associates government cost cutting with an eccentric egomaniacal billionaire. Such a wasted opportunity.

Sadly the honest answer is we need three things:

Growth that outpaces inflation (to your point that is an important lever)
Lower government spending
Higher taxes

But it is political suicide to propose such a thing. Candidates who did so would lose a primary and so we continue down a destructive path.

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