By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner, includes “There’s little doubt that Illinois politicians are salivating over the $13.7 billion windfall they’re about to spend. … The money will help some struggling residents and cities in the short term, but it will ultimately harm all Illinoisans in the long-term. Lawmakers will be too tempted to spend the billions in ‘free’ federal money on new programs instead of paying down old debts and reforming Illinois’ structural problems.”