"Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget sends an unmistakable message: For residents, new reasons to leave; for outsiders, new reasons to stay away. For job creators, the message is even clearer — we will tax you out of Chicago or out of existence. Meanwhile, for the city’s poorest residents, there is almost nothing of substance."
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.
“CPS now spends over $33,000 per student” that’s all that needs to be said.
Government is the problem.
This needs to be pounded into Johnson’s brickwalled brain:
Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees