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.
Almost $20B from higher than expected tax revenues. Most of this was driven by Bidenflation and the trillions pumped into the economy. Unfortunately, inflation may flatten but prices aren’t going down, so a big chunk of that increased tax revenue is permanent. The trillions pumped into the economy are over though, hopefully for a long time.