Illinois Manufacturers’ Association CEO Mark Denzler said that if the governor's proposed progressive income tax passes in November, Illinois will have the third-highest corporate tax rate in the country and the second-highest property tax rate in the country. “Ask any business if they can work with an 82% increase in labor cost, the answer’s going to be no,” he said.
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.