Our medicaid costs are below the national average. Per-capita education costs are also some of the lowest (at the state level - IL depends heavily on local property taxes)
Our Republican governor has been unable to cut any state-level waste for that very reason: The entire state government is already runs lean.
We're in a budget mess because of pension obligations, not because we're a bunch of hippie spendthrifts.
Our medicaid costs are below the national average. Per-capita education costs are also some of the lowest (at the state level - IL depends heavily on local property taxes)
Our Republican governor has been unable to cut any state-level waste for that very reason: The entire state government is already runs lean.
We're in a budget mess because of pension obligations, not because we're a bunch of hippie spendthrifts.