Illinois must reign in spending – Illinois Policy

Since 2020, the state has gotten $15.6 billion in federal aid related to the COVID-19 pandemic. While that funding was temporary, Illinois has permanently increased what it spends. That has caused a fiscal problem for the state, with projected budget deficits totaling nearly $21 billion during the next five years. Expenditures are forecasted to grow nearly 20 percent in that time, but revenues only 11 percent in that time.
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ahimsa42
1 month ago

considering the huge increase in deficit under the trump reigim, how can people here ever claim that excess spending of government funds is a democrat only issue?

Mr Google
1 month ago

Who is the brainless Bozo who is giving thumbs down? Suppose I say it’s JB himself!

daskoterzar
1 month ago

The fact that Jumbo and the State Legislature promoted and voted this into law as well as all of the other government agencies who took one-time money and built it into their annual budget should illustrate to voters just how stupid the current democratic royalty really are. More concerning is that it may not be just stupid, it was likely purposeful…an easy way to get their graft and their money laundering prOgrams in place. After all…it is Illinois. Corruption is normal.

Deb
1 month ago

Cutting spending is something IL Democrats and Pritzker have never considered. They just raise taxes and create new taxes.

PPF
1 month ago
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And….. the voters keep rewarding these same leaders by electing them each and every election. The voters approve.

Jeff C Leston
1 month ago

Illinois is as lax as other states in addressing Medicaid fraud. this must come first

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