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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
Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
I noticed this article in the National Review sidebar–a good companion to their story on the Illinois “Fair Tax.” Among other things, it mentions how transplants from high-tax, high-living-cost states bring their “liberal proclivities” with them when they move, and how they simply don’t see the connection between their home state’s politics and the living costs.
Arizona’s Tax Disaster: Refugees from Blue States and Other Infuriating Explanations. Tagline: How did the home of Barry Goldwater end up passing the largest tax increase in its history?