Wisconsin's neighbor to the south is at it again

Wisconsin vs. Illinois: Don't Ask Responsible States to Bail Out the Reckless

Economic Commentary from Badger Institute Visiting Fellow Jay Miller

This time, Illinois is using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for seeking a federal bailout to extricate itself from its own long-standing—and self-created—fiscal mess.

What does one have to do with the other? Nothing.

Yet, the House recently
passed ([link removed]) a new $3 trillion coronavirus relief package that includes $1 trillion for state and local governments.

Illinois lawmakers would like to get their hands on a large chunk of that money, not so much to fight the virus, but to force taxpayers from other states, including Wisconsin, to rescue them from the budgetary nightmare they created. ([link removed])

Read the entire article here ([link removed]) .

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