By Mark Glennon, includes “We finally have a more comprehensive tally of the grotesquely oversized federal assistance dispensed under the guise of pandemic relief. … It obliterates claims made by Illinois lawmakers that they’ve put this state on a sound fiscal path. Illinois, instead, was temporarily bailed out. … The insanity of American fiscal and monetary policy is matched only by the gall of Illinois politicians who are using it to claim they’ve put Illinois on the right track.”