About this episode

The episode discusses the passing of a new budget in Illinois and features interviews with Dylan Sharkey and Dr. EJ Antoni on related financial issues.

A new budget for Illinois was passed in the wee hours of the morning. PLUS, The  Illinois Policy Institute 's Dylan Sharkey talks to Shaun about the lack of transparency in the passing of a  record $55.9 BILLION Illinois budget, complete with $800 MILLION in tax increases .    And driving through West Texas, The Heritage Foundation 's Dr. EJ Antoni discusses the auto-pilot spending making our National Debt worse and if Trump can reverse some of Biden's obligated spending if we can prove the election was stolen.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Shaun Thompson

Guests: Dylan Sharkey, Dr. EJ Antoni

Topics covered

• Illinois budget
• tax increases
• government transparency
• national debt
• Biden spending
• Trump election

Keywords

• Illinois budget
• tax increases
• government transparency
• national debt
• Biden
• Trump
• election

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Illinois Policy Institute, Heritage Foundation

Places: Illinois, West Texas

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