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.
The missing component of suggested reforms in this article is: Elimination of Public Sector Unions. They are the root cause of all of Illinois pension problems. Public Sector Unions bribe politicians with “contributions, votes and boots on the ground at election time. Politicians return the favor with grossly above market wages and gold plated pensions then hand the invoice to the taxpayers. This criminal cycle is inevitable wherever public sector unions exist. Cut the head off the snake.
Public sector Unions are just the symptom of the underlying cause – that problem is Democrats. The smugness, irrationality and ignorance of the blue voters in this state is something to be ashamed of. Mike Madigan took advantage of this (he’s won 20 elections in a row!) and expanded his democrat power everywhere for every cause they have. Even in Wi, the public sector unions were made weaker by Republicans (walker).