After the passage of the Fiscal Year 2027 budget on May 31, State Senator Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) issued the following statement:
“I couldn’t support this budget because it is irresponsible, unsustainable, and fundamentally out of touch with the challenges facing Illinois families. At a time when people are stretching every paycheck further just to keep up with rising costs, state government should be focused on living within its means. Instead, this budget continues a pattern of bigger government, bigger spending, and a bigger burden on taxpayers.
“We already know there are serious problems within state government, including waste, fraud, and a lack of accountability in major programs. Yet rather than confronting those failures, this budget simply spends more money.
“The difference between families and government is that families have to balance their budgets. Springfield should be held to the same standard. Illinois cannot tax, spend, and borrow its way to prosperity. If we want to be a state that attracts families, workers, and employers instead of losing them, we need a vision built on growth, opportunity, and fiscal discipline. That means making government more accountable, creating an environment where businesses can succeed, and allowing people to keep more of what they earn. This budget falls well short of all of those goals.”