Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 25, 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.
These idiots couldn’t craft an honest budget before the covid pandemic, does anybody think they can create a budget now?
Do you think JB has the guts to include a “temporary” tax hike through December that becomes permanent if the fair tax fails? Seems like any tax hike during such a crisis would be a very bad idea politically, but it would make his fair tax proposal more appealing. I wouldn’t put it past him. That lockbox amendment for transportation funds is looking like a pretty bad idea now. JB should cut back on his $40B capital plan and temporarily divert the revenues from doubling the gas tax to the general fund. But I don’t think he can because of… Read more »
Bye bye miss American pie Illinois drove the Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.