Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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Audio and summary linked here.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Is it an accident that COVID lockdowns are mainly affecting one of the last bastions of independent small business in our economy- the independent restaurants? If they keep this up, we will have only the large chain restaurants left, just like they have done with retail. Amazon Dining coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
It is true, moving is the only choice. They will keep this up for a long, long time coming. And even if they call off those dogs, they’ll still try to divide people with the mask. There is zero reason to be in Chicago, or IL, anymore.
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After all the taxpayers paid for it.
I find it absolutely amazing that the people of Illinois are actually sitting back and allowing the Reds to use a completely phony crisis to bankrupt the states small business sector.
That after all, is the only thing that these “lockdowns” have achieved. It’s also interesting to note that they like using prison terminology to describe what they are doing.
lockdown noun
lock·down | \ ˈläk-ˌdau̇n \
Legal Definition of lockdown
: the confinement of prisoners to their cells for a temporary period as a security measure