Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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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
“Turning to higher taxes would be a backhanded slap to every voter who rejected his call for a constitutional amendment allowing higher taxes.” Exactly. That is precisely Pritzker and the Democrats goal. They want to PUNISH the Illinois voters for shooting down their beloved open checkbook on statewide taxation. This will show the voters who’s boss in this State: Shuts yer yappers youze Chumbolones and pays up.
JB has an insatiable appetite for other people’s money. He wants to buy favor with the Cook County voters, and he is willing to have everyone else pay the bill. His actions throughout the Covid situation have moved the state’s doomsday clock up by about a decade. There is no way he can address the shortfall in a way that doesn’t place a big burden on the hardworking people across the rest of the state. Tens of thousands chose to leave last year, and that trend will continue. He is in denial and acts like a petulant child.
The Democrats know that the greed-crazed unions are their constituents. The unions say Illinois’ financial problems are because of insufficient revenue. That’s all the Democrats need to know