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
Here is another real problem that public officials don’t want to admit. Employers several years ago learned to avoid bad press by no longer issuing press releases when they were cutting jobs, scratching a city off their site selection lists, or moving people out of town. So we simply don’t hear about it as much when crime or taxes or ridiculous mask mandates result in employers not picking a city. Look at Boeing, Caterpillar, and so many other employers who have simply downsized in Illinois without making a lot of fanfare about it. Those are the stories we never hear… Read more »
A bleed-out, which is ongoing. Slowly but surely.
Wait, you mean smart hardworking people don’t want to be used for target practice? I thought Jabba claimed Illinois was a destination point for all smart techies. Maybe the King should stop all the social justice warrior BS and do his job.
Really!! Really, it’s a good job, the downside is; you’ll be brutally murdered by an angry mob your first day! Then, you and your family will be blamed.
Haha.