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.
I want my cola. Wah wah.
Where did all the money go to?
Illinois had $28.5 billion available to pay $254.5 billion worth of bills.
• The outcome was a $226 billion shortfall, which breaks down to a burden of $52,000 per taxpayer.
• This means that each taxpayer would have to pay $52,000 in future taxes for which they would receive no related services or benefits
“Only the little people pay Taxes”
Chicago is broke and they are giving Raises to cops, teachers and firemen so why not give money to Trump?
But as was stated below–Pritzker can get away with taking out toilets to get a tax break–Jag Boy.
No Schitt
Really governor chuckles are you going to dump the person that handled toilet gate, double standards you ????