Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Transformed? Cough, cough, 14 years, 1000 houses, at what actual cost to taxpayers, on average? I’d guess $500,000+. Marvelous use of tax dollars, Toni.
It’s taken 14 years to complete 1,000 homes. It would be interesting to see a story about the current status of the first 100 homes built. Are they a shining testament to the efficacy of the program? Somehow I doubt that.
Why are black and Latino areas ‘disinvested?’ Could it have something to do with crime?
Just asking.
Better question – who destroyed what was there before? Those buildings didn’t just build themselves. That neighborhood was just a prairie before some group of settlers came along and turned it into a neighborhood. What happened?
Also, why aren’t the community members investing in the neighborhoods themselves? Property is cheap, rent is cheap, neighborhoods are crowded…
Reading the article is just a word salad. What they do? How is this funded and what are the results? The article was nothing but altruistic gibberish.