A very sad goodbye from a friend, Jeff Carter, about his blog, Points & Figures, which has been terrific. 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.
This is being repeated every day in Illinois. Brain drain, talent drain, lawful taxpayer drain, developer drain, etc. Pritzker and the Chicago Democrats don’t care. Scary the Leftist minions which remain. W/o downstate, Illinois may be the scariest place in America outside of Portland.
thank you Mark. Your site is the only one that has any real pertinent news on the Illinois financial and corruption situation. All other media in Chicago wallpaper over it, unless it’s after the fact. They are lazy. They show no courage. They are willfully ignorant and complicit.