Illinois Lawmakers Thumb Noses at Constitution to Impose New Taxes – Wirepoints
June 9, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Ald. Lopez wants to have it both ways, maybe because many of his constituents are illegals or have family members who are? Weak sauce.
It would be interesting to compare Mexico’s policies concerning “illegal aliens” in their country versus those of the US. Why do I think Mexico is much tougher on the problem than we are?
What will Leftist Democrats do when Federal welfare and public aid meant for citizens is cutoff to illegals?
Wish there was a vaccine against TDS.
So much for Johnson’s trauma mitigation! Johnson is now leveraging fear and chaos for profit and power.
Every single one of the 39 alderhumans who voted against this should be heckled mercilessly every time they step out into public. I don’t always agree with Lopez but, for a long time now, he had been one of the only (relatively) sane people in Chicago govt. Unfortunately, he is surrounded by people who are determined to ride their folly right off the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm into the flaming depths.