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
1.) Per article, TRANSFER TAX is for funding homeless service providers and not necessarily payments directly to homeless or housing providers (rent). Hmmmmm, I wonder which group of CTU/Brandons buddies could be trying to get in on the homeless services providers racket, who advocate that there are 68,000 homeless the majority of whom are “living doubled-up” (i.e. kids), as the population of school age children shrink in Chicago?
2.) Apparently, there nothing stopping using TRANSFER TAX going to service providers of “new arrival” migrants. I guess they count as homeless as well?
It already passed but the citizens won’t know that until AFTER the election to make it legal.
Hmm, a graduated RE Transfer Tax. What’s next? I propose a RE Transfer Tax withholding mechanism. This could be tacked onto a property tax bill in lieu of a future sale. Kinda like taxing unrealized gains being proposed by some progs.
BJ, if you need anymore revenue raising ideas just get in touch with Mark or Ted. I’m here to help.
They will continue to slow roll until the „spend it or lose it” deadline comes. Then it will be frantic, hair-on-fire set of behind-closed-doors spending decisions that will inevitably hand wads of cash to cronies.