The elimination of the general fund deficit and replenishing the state’s “rainy day” fund with $2 billion lead the list of post-pandemic improvements that should help Illinois weather a possible recession with a little less pain than the previous two, the study found.
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.
Pension debt on line 2 for you, JB the Hutt.
Illinois has gone from being the Titanic to the Andrea Doria. They still both sunk.
“Yep. We owe hundreds of thousands in credit card debt but have a couple hundred quarters in our piggy bank.We are ready to weather a recession.”