That’s the kind of largesse that keeps Illinois’ government class happy and its most vulnerable class placated. And it’s taxpayers that will have to make up the resulting deficits (i.e. watch out for a coming second attempt at a progressive tax hike).
The best example of how Pritzker and team have leveraged the budget so far is in human services. His administration is spending $5 billion more now than it did in 2019, almost doubling the human services budget in just six years.
Apparently, that hasn’t been enough. Now the administration wants to add another $2.6 billion by 2030. In all, spending on human services will have jumped from just $6.2 billion in 2019 to $14.1 billion in 2030, a massive 128% increase.
