Editorial: When taxpayers trust Springfield … Part 7: Warren Buffett and others warned about pensions. Illinois pols made things worse — and now demand more tax dollars. – Chicago Tribune
You might think this century of failure would humble today’s Illinois politicians. Wrong. The current crop of Democrats who run Springfield want voters in November to approve switching the state from a flat income tax to a progressive tax. Their scheme at first would hit only the top 3% of income tax filers.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
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