Illinois Republicans are reacting to Governor JB Pritzker's Wednesday budget proposal and a frequently used term is "election-year gimmicks".
State Sen. Chapin Rose calls the Governor's budget address disconnected from reality and believes it rivals when Rod Blagojevich was in office.
The Mahomet Republican believes Gov. Pritzker is using the federal money from the pandemic to push Illinois' problems off until after the election.
The Senator says as costs continue to rise for Illinois families, a one-time relief on certain costs is disconnected from reality and is critical of the new $2.5-billion in spending in the Chicago Democrat's proposal.
State Rep. Dan Brady of Normal called the Governor's tax breaks gimmicks and says the governor’s message was short on solutions.
Lincoln Republican Senator Sally Turner in a statement said she agreed with some aspects of the Governor's proposals, she, like Sen. Rose, has concerns about the new spending and what happens when the federal dollars run dry.
State Representative Dan Caulkins of Decatur also called the Governor's tax cuts and property tax rebates gimmicks and questioned them coming in an election year. He was also critical of the Governor's claims to improving the State's credit rating but believes that is a bi-product of the federal stimulus money and points out the State's credit rating is still far lower than any other state in the nation.
