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.
Maybe the Oak Park board should looking at ways to prevent spillover of crime this summer from its out of control neighbor to the east. That may protect property values in the village. They don’t have the toney suburbs on their borders like Evanston. Maybe focus on encouraging a climate for job creation for all? Btw, most people of European ancestry in Chicagoland came through Ellis Island and similar immigration paths well after slavery was abolished. They struggled to integrate, but persevered and ultimately succeeded. What a bunch of blowhards.