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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 51 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Headline is damn near misinformation...

But that's the guardian's fault:

“In the face of rising demand and surging prices, I’m proposing a two-year pause on authorization of new datacenter tax credits,” Pritzker said. “With the shifting energy landscape, it is imperative that our growth does not undermine affordability and stability for our families.”

He wants to cut off new credits (which is good) but he's a fucking billionaire and this plan would be a huge benefit to the ones who got in first.

We didnt even have time for this before we found out just the noise of data centers fucked people up.

Pausing shit ain't enough, but no billionaire will ever put the people over profits. And Pritzker decides every single second of his life that he'd rather be a billionaire instead of our ally.

Stop expecting him to be

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

I agree, it's no coincidence that a guy from a billionaire family is in power, but if you look at his record, and the things he says, I do believe he is using his platform for good. Trying to turn people on him in this political climate is exactly the kinda shit that causes the left to never get anything done.

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

He's done nothing but good in Illinois since getting elected. If we're going to start lopping off the billionaire class' heads then I'd be campaigning to make his the last to fall.

Your proposed solution is to keep allowing data centers to be built all over the state which clearly no one wants, so the best we can do for now is stop any more new projects and figure out how to manage them.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Your proposed solution is to keep allowing data centers to be built all over the state which clearly no one wants

What?!

Are we just making shit up now?

He’s done a lot of good I’m looking forward to his 2028 run.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Georgia is thinking of doing the same...

...along with ending a bunch of tax breaks on a bunch of other stuff, including some that might actually deserve them (rent-controlled apartments, EV chargers), and using it all as an excuse to cut the income tax even though the revenue gained wouldn't even come close to offsetting the revenue lost.

https://www.wabe.org/big-georgia-income-tax-cuts-would-come-with-costs-to-residents/

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 22 points 16 hours ago