Quad City Investment Advisor Mark Grywacheski says the money won’t go far: “Over the course of 18 years, that $50 with dividends and interest is only going to grow maybe a few hundred dollars. If the state of Illinois was really serious about college education, it would restructure the out of control cost structure."
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.