Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Wasn’t the Tollway originally created in the 70s to pay for the project to create a new highway? With the plan for tollbooths to go away as soon as its paid for? Just another reminder that once they tax ya in Illinois they don’t cut back ever.
And we also told to believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Once a tax or fee is imposed it ain’t never going away.
As usual, the Tribune gets it all wrong. It is not due to the pandemic but rather the illegal shutdown and suspension of the Constitution (federal and state) by Pritzker and other domestic enemies of the United States.