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
Will there ever be a time when a story about teacher unions does not lead with what else they are demanding from the taxpayers who pay their bills?
Not if they are doing their job right. They represent their members and it’s their job to get them the best possible deal each and every negotiation.
If only their members were so devoted to doing their job right.
Over 97 percent of them are proficient or excellent. According to their employer they are doing their job. Your assessment is meaningless and appropriately, holds no weight.
Yes, we’ve heard it all before. The voters! 97% proficient! And none of it changes the fact that 80% of kids cannot read at grade level. Or the fact that teachers are paid to do a job that isn’t getting done.
Correction please, this is widely know throughout the US as the Illinois sh.. show.
Waka, Waka.
Everyone knows the $50B is a silly demand. CPS should consolidate or close severely under-utilized schools and should implement other efficiencies; then, use those savings to pass on to the teachers and other staff. That way, the $50B demand becomes a $0B demand or thereabouts.
BUT that actually is a solution and makes sense!!!!!!!!!1