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.
$469 billion? *Gulp*. I had not heard that figure before. Surprised Jelly Belly isn’t asking for all that from Trump.
Not one penny to pay for pensions. Let them take less. Bankrupt the states and the courts will be fair to everyone.
1. When do I get bailed out?
2. Why not just give a milliion dollars to every adult in the U.S. 253,768,092 * 1,000,000 = probably cheaper than bailing out every states’ pension plan.