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.
In a typical workweek I take about eight separate Uber/Lyft rides up here in Evanston. Many drivers inform that they will no longer work in Chicago because of the increased crime… “It used to be great, now Chicago is dead… too much violence… are you kidding, I want to live…”, etcetera…
Some free advice for ride share drivers: don’t leave home without it.
No more shootings after January 1st because the criminals haven’t registered their guns and they can’t be used anymore
Ah, crime again rears its ugly head, and now the west side is a ‘Transit Desert’.