If there is one bright spot of a Pritzker governorship, its the legalization of marijuana. That will bring in hundreds of millions in taxes to the state (potentially closing the current budget deficit), both from the sin taxes on the marijuana products themselves as well as potential tourism dollars (sales tax, hotel taxes, airport landing fees, etc) from surrounding Midwestern states as people come to Chicago to try the legal weed.
Other than that, this could prove to be disastrous to the already sad state of Illinois's finances... assuming the new gov enacts all the social programs he has proposed but without finding ways to pay for them.
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