Quincy Reporter

Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) recently described Gov. J. B. Pritzker's budget proposal as "disingenuous."

“Gov. Pritzker tried to present the events of last year in a pretty package of what he claims are his Administration’s successes, but many questions remain that he did not address,” Tracy wrote on Facebook. “The main problem is that Illinoisans have lost trust in their government. Claiming budget success when federal tax dollars have poured into our state is disingenuous. It’s more of the same misdirection our state is infamous for.”

Tracey added that the state, "is marked with corruption charges and dysfunctional agencies run by Gov. Pritzker. 

“Illinoisans no longer believe that their government is looking out for them. Unemployment checks to eligible Illinoisans were denied while checks were sent to ineligible applicants,” Tracy said on her website. “Prisoners received life-saving vaccines ahead of those with pre-existing conditions.  Democrat politicians gerrymandered legislative, congressional and court maps, weakening the power of voters to choose their own lawmakers and judges.”

Tracey said the state needed long-term tax relief and structural reforms, “not one-time, election-year gimmicks.”

Illinois' biggest revenue sources are individual income tax, corporate income tax and state sales tax with an estimated total of $36,756 million, an increase of $510 million (1.4%) more than fiscal year 2022 approximations, according to the state 2022-2023 budget book.

The budget book reported that federal revenues are expected to be $4,045 million, a drop of $741 million (15.5%) which was due to the decline of Federal Medical Assistance after the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.

Illinois' financial situation is aided by federal money and enlarged state revenues, according to ABC7 Chicago. The governor's budget calls giving roughly $1 billion in one-time tax cuts including property tax rebates up to $300 for about two million homeowners.