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.
It would be interesting to see if the drop in students is simply a function of population decline, or if a substantial percentage of parents are rejecting public education for their young children, especially those just starting school.
50% declines in elementary school in places downstate is probably a combination of lower fertility rates this decade and parents leaving completely. Home schooling is a thing but not as big as people make it out to be.
Young families fleeing the state’s lockdown measures.
Good job, jag boy!