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Under the 1848 constitution the legislature gave out more than 80 tax exemptions of various sorts to newly chartered institutions, according to legal documents in the case. That’s two state constitutions ago.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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The 1970 Illinois State Constitution has simply failed as an instrument of governance. Public sector pension guarantees, formation of the judicial branch, legislative districting, allowance of the Governor to issue Executive Orders without legislative approval, public sector unions becoming major political contributors…
Non of this is viable. It doesn’t work.
The entire point of a Constitution is to restrict government power. What we’ve got now does the exact opposite.