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Applicant Craig Armstrong, 57, of Broadview, feels “great” about his chances, and he likes the idea of a lottery. “There’s one thing that politicians can’t do — they can’t fix it,” Armstrong said. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
The irony being the majority of the 155,000 applicants play the actual lottery.
Tax money being recycled.
Will the non-winners riot?
Just asking
The gimme free stuff crowd loves a good lottery.
Huh – thousands of vacant jobs out there, too…
153,000+ applicants disappointed they didn’t win the basic income lottery.
Walked out this morning, I don’t believe what I saw
155,000 applications washed up on the shore
Seems I’m not alone at being broke
155,000 castaways, looking for some dough
equity by lottery? what a concept/ what a complete equity hustle electioneering joke.
Complete nonsense. “Equity” is complete nonsense. All human beings are NOT created with the same potential.
If we are all to have an equitable end, we need to level the playing field by frustrating the gifted and lowering the bar. Frankly, I prefer a gifted surgeon to one who got there through “equity” initiatives.
“When the people find that they can vote themselves benefits from the Treasury, that will heard the end of the Republic”….Benjamin Franklin.
I believe deToqueville said something similar.
He said “America is great because her people are good. When America’s people stop being good America will cease to be Great.”
Can’t be rigged? Hahahah, that’s a good one
Just like all those “affordable” housing units developers are required to build that always seem to land in an alderman’s or patronage army worker’s hands.