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“I know we can
get this done in the next 9 days - a balanced budget, a mix of
revenue and spending reductions alongside meaningful reforms
that grow our economy and provide long-term tax relief to the
people of Illinois,” Rauner said. “Republican leaders and
members are ready to compromise and make this deal a reality,
and I believe rank-and-file Democrat members are ready as well"
Governor Rauner noted that working groups of both Republicans
and Democrats have been meeting in good faith discussing both a
balanced budget and reforms, including local control of costs
and contractors, workers' compensation reform and pension reform
– long-term structural changes that can rescue the taxpayers of
Illinois.
“I stand ready, but let me reiterate; I cannot and will not sign
an unbalanced budget into law, and I will not agree to more
revenue if we can’t provide taxpayers with assurances that we’ve
passed meaningful economic reforms that will lower property
taxes, grow the economy, and put us on a fiscal path toward
future tax relief,” Rauner said. “We can get this done. Now is
the time. Our state’s future is in the balance.”
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