For the last several months we’ve been inundated with “Pritzker for Governor” ads on television. Mostly, they attacked Rauner on the grounds that he was a billionaire while Pritzker on the other hand was a different kind of billionaire. At the Sun-Times Mark Brown laments:
J.B. Pritzker and Chris Kennedy proved Monday that rich Illinois Democrats are no more inclined to be forthcoming about their personal finances than rich Illinois Republicans.
I know better than to be surprised, but I’m still extremely disappointed.
By making public only the front two pages of their income tax returns, Pritzker and Kennedy fell far short of the ethical standards we should be demanding of an Illinois governor.
They both chose to keep secret the accompanying schedules and statements from their returns that explain where they made their money, as well as the deductions used to lower their tax bills.
I cruised on over to Mr. Pritzker’s web site. I wasn’t particularly surprised that he wants to spend more money on health care, education, and infrastructure, i.e. sweetheart deals for political supporters. Nothing on putting the state’s fiscal house in order or stemming the flood of Illinoisans heading for the exits.
Mr. Pritzker might want to take a look at Illinois’s balance sheet. The state doesn’t have the money to do anything other than pay the pensions of retired public employees. I want to see exactly whose taxes he plans to raise and by how much to support all of the new spending he wants to do.
“I want to see exactly whose taxes he plans to raise and by how much to support all of the new spending he wants to do.”
I’m going to go way out on a limb here. He’ll say he’s going to tax the rich. If elected he will tax everyone.
Just sayin’.