- XLE@piefed.socialEnglish38 minutes
There were tax breaks for a thing that exclusively harms the surrounding citizens? Wow. Good to see lobbyists for evil corpos are still convincing people.
Where are the “buh inevitable, buh just run someone else’s local” bros when stuff like this goes down?
- FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish6 hours
About goddamn time.
This is one reason why we need fewer billionaires in government. This should have happened a year ago.
- Inucune@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
“Your data center free trial period has ended. To continue building or using your data center, you will need to pay a subscription of [taxes, utilities, fines for noise violations…]”
- killea@lemmy.worldEnglish5 hours
Blowing with the wind, is he? Someone inform me if this isn’t just pure posturing for voters.
Edit: Holy crap! What an interesting split on this comment. Look people, all I was trying to do was glean more info on what type of billionaire behavior this guy’s been exhibiting, and perhaps have a measured discussion on the subject. Truth be told, no billionaire or person of such excessive means can be trusted until separated from such wealth and means, and certainly all high profile politicians say the favorable thing and then do something else. I’d rather folks share what they know etc even just to approximate where this guy is on that scale; it’s interesting (and somewhat disappointing) that the middle ground I imagined (ie: has done some good, still don’t trust him) just really not represented here. I just don’t know where the bar is anymore. I do know that getting vitriolic and irrational, or conversely strongly supporting establishment types is ultimately distracting and a useful tool to those in power.
- FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish6 hours
He’s a billionaire, and therefore, almost certainly invested in LLM’s himself. Probably needed time to adjust his portfolio before making the move.
This should have happened a year ago at least.
- crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish9 hours
Nah, Pritzker has been pretty good about enacting policies that are actually meaningfully effective. He’s likely prepping for a 2028 presidential run, but he’s still getting good stuff done in Illinois.
- cattywampas@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
JB has an excellent track record of passing legislation that benefits the working class and protects marginalized people. It’s evident that he cares for the people of IL and is trying to do what’s best.
- unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish8 hours
Fuck JB Prickster. He does stuff “for the people” in Chicago, aka votes, then reverses course. On many things beneficial. Let’s destroy the outer grid with data centers around rural places cuz fuck them, and gives then incentives to stay here cheaply vs make money for the people of the state to, idk, say lower taxes or something.
His gas and grocery tax pause was for voting season. His ban on “assault” weapons was useless since they all come from out of state anyway. He’s VERY soft on crime, implementing cashless bail for many offenses. And his Private Equity is HEAVILY invested in many AI companies, so he going to profit off of their coming to IL anyway…
He’s not for the people, he’s for the likes to manipulate for his own gains…
- Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish4 hours
He’s VERY soft on crime, implementing cashless bail for many offenses.
Whoops, looks like you put a good thing in you list of bad things.
Fuck the prison industrial system, and the poor tax that is bail.
7 hoursFor those not from Illinois, there is a very loud (also small) contingent from outside of Chicago who like to complaint that the entire state isn’t Chicago. They are usually republican and are mostly subsidized by the people who live in chicago paying taxes. They are deeply republican, and there is nothing that he or anyone else could do to make them happy. (Biggest tip off here is that he resorts to name calling and fox news talking points)
Is Pritzker perfect, no. But on the politician scale, he’s one of the better ones…
- GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish5 hours
ah yes, the people with MAGA and “pritzker sucks” signs littering their lawns along with staples like
- silhouette cowboy smoking
- Christmas lights in July
- a well house to nowhere
- abandoned early 2000s car with grass two feet tall around it
- an abandoned patch of yard that possibly has a another car inside it but you can’t see because the grass is too tall
- above ground swimming pool with broken deck
- half-burned junk pile
- perfectly manicured lawn around dilapidated trailer
- and many more!
Yeah “soft on crime” was cringe af.
Illinois is 29th in violent crime and 21st in property crime by state. Crime rates are going down, both in Illinois and nationally. Source. White, rural people are terrified of what their tv tells them about minorities and cities, facts and statistics be damned. One or two anecdotes will always overshadow reality for these kinds of people.
- FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish6 hours
His ban on “assault” weapons was useless since they all come from out of state anyway
I agree with much of what you post here, but not this.
Even if he’s accomplishing making it inconvenient for criminals, gun nuts, and wannabe mass shooters, that’s a good thing. Legislation on guns in this country is never going to be perfectly effective because of the Federal Government, but making things harder on the local level is 100% a good thing.
- mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish9 hours
His estimated net worth is $4,000,000,000. The second wealthiest politician behind Trump. Should tell you everything you need to know right there
- THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.worldEnglish7 hours
The fact that every online statement he makes is met with cries from people in little shithole red towns that don’t contribute, at all, whatsoever to the state GDP, makes me think he’s doing something right.
- Jackusflackus@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
Should have never happened to begin with. Charge the data center more for being there and give tax breaks to the local citizens. Screw this guy
