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.
My opinion is that legal weed will be a huge bust in IL as tokers mostly choose to call up their local dealer and purchase tax free, and like Amazon, often with free delivery. Fewer than 30 dispensaries selling 1/4’s for $100 buck, and having to show ID, go through security, and paying insane taxes will be a total turn off. Quite frankly, they can’t compete with the cartel, or the stoner who buys in bulk in CO.