Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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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
Susana Mendoza’s mendacity typifies the Illinois entrenched political class. She correctly claims that Illinois obligations have been reduced a small bit but fails to mention that massive infusions of cash courtesy of Uncle Fed are responsible for this improvement. The cash spigot has been throttled back. Mendoza considers this ‘vanilla’ budget to be balanced even though it ‘requires’ around $1 billion in tax hikes on Illinois businesses. She also claims that these business tax hikes will miraculously skip over the middle-class taxpayers. What an amazing achievement. It is also a bold-faced lie. Businesses pay taxes not from cash beamed into… Read more »
She lies as she smiles at you, this type of politician is very dangerous.
Never turn your back to her.