Governor Bruce Rauner's budget speech largely avoided specifics about state spending. Instead, he's still arguing Illinois should be more favorable to business.
Rauner took pains to portray himself as open to working with majority Democrats -- he used the word "compromise" five times. But the governor is standing by his overall strategy: pro-business laws first, then we can balance the budget.
"I won’t support new revenue unless we have major structural reforms to grow more jobs and get more value for taxpayers."
Rauner spoke for less than 30 minutes, and only got detailed on one area of the budget -- education, where he wants to spend more money.
He says Democrats should work with him. Or if they don't, change the law to give Rauner carte blanche to hack away at government as he sees fit.
