Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss the details of Illinois’ latest budget, why all our neighbors have cut their taxes and Illinois has not, how the state got to the point where over 140,000 government workers and retirees makes over 100K, the disaster that is the state’s “evidence-based” education funding formula, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Dolton’s mayor gets all the attention, but what about the failure – and high pay – of Dolton’s school admins?
- States across the country are cutting taxes. Illinois just raised theirs by nearly $1 billion.
- Illinois government’s $100K salary and pension club: 140,000 members and rising
- Unsustainable: Illinois’ tiny, five-year jobs growth due only to new government, healthcare and social services
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Audio and summary 
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.
You work for them; they do not work for you or anyone else.
I’m confused, but try to google around to find TOTAL # of state, county & municipal employees in Illinois. I believe the # is approx 834,000 non-seasonally adjusted? (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ILGOVT). There’s a lot of confusing stats out there