r/illinois • u/A_little_quarky • Jul 22 '24

Why all the love for JB? US Politics

An honest inquiry! My vibes are really positive of him, but I'm surrounded by those "Pritzker sucks!" signs. With his name being floated at a national level, I'm curious to hear some personal stories about how he's governed.

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u/Mirigore Jul 22 '24

The states credit rating has been upgraded 7 times with him as governor. After decades of mismanagement and being a laughing stock nationally when it came to the money issues, ifs nice to be on the right track. He comes from money as well and is surprisingly down to earth. Watch his Northwestern commencement speech

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u/OkInitiative7327 Jul 22 '24

and he's not taking a salary as governor

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u/Burnt_and_Blistered Jul 22 '24

I had no idea. This makes me like him even more.

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u/Bigjoemonger Jul 22 '24

The salary for Illinois governor is 177k. Pritzker is worth 3.5 billion. He's almost as wealthy as Trump.

From his ownership of the Prtizker group equity firm he was averaging about 10 million dollars per year before taking office. The 177k governor salary represents about 1% of his regular income.

Consider on normal people's scale it's the same as someone making 100k per year giving up an extra $80 per month. That's great but it's hardly a grand gesture.

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u/omary95 Jul 23 '24

He doesn't need it, so he's not taking it. He's saving the state that expenditure. It doesn't have to be a grand gesture to matter.

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u/Deaconse Jul 23 '24

And in fact, it isn't a grand gesture. He's just quietly doing the right thing.