the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Jun 23, 2025
Illinois legislators passed their budget just before midnight on the last day of May. Governor Pritzker signed the budget two weeks later.
To close a billion-dollar gap in the budget, they included 700 million in new taxes, much of it on sports betting.
The rest of that gap, they closed by yanking healthcare for the undocumented population, between ages 42 and 65. They discussed cutting a similar program for undocumented seniors in May, but that program was spared, for now. As it stands, 30,000 adults served by the program will lose their healthcare coverage. They will either go without, or resort to hospital emergency rooms.
Almost all of the Democrats in Springfield voted for these cuts. And Governor Pritzker signed off on it.
The Democrats, in Illinois and other states, have been making a big show, presenting themselves as champions of the immigrant population—particularly in the face of Trump and the attacks by ICE and Homeland Security. But at the same time, we see them turn around and quietly carry out attacks like these behind the scenes.