Brian Duncan, president of the Illinois Farm Bureau, said 96 percent of farms in the state are family-owned and raising the estate tax threshold would help keep that intact.
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.
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin all have farms too. None of them have any estate taxes if anyone is keeping score.
The State of Illinois always spends more money than it has or needs. Don’t look for taxes to drop any time soon.