The payments will only be eligible to people 18 and older who earn up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level. That’s $32,200 for an individual or $66,250 for a family of four. Lightfoot added that applicants "must have experienced an economic hardship related to COVID-19, which pretty much covers every single person living in the city of Chicago."
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.
I thought Chicago’s finances were in trouble. Yet they have the resources to hand out more free money?
Will wonders never cease?
Stay on the couch folks! No need to make something of yourself or contribute to society. And don’t forget to vote. You can do that from the couch too!