Politics aside, Adam Schuster with Illinois Policy Institute said the budget doesn’t do anything to bring structural reforms like changing the state’s pension system, something he says takes about a quarter of every tax dollar the state brings in. “So throwing more money at a black hole of debt is not the way to solve Illinois’ pension crisis.”
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.