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.
Licensing home businesses was about maintaining neighborhood quality of life in urban centers. Unlicensed auto repair shop in the garage next to your house ok? Manufacturing? House parties? Drug store? Unlicensed daycare next door? Unlicensed bar? Cesar of course wants the taxes and your next door neighbors need someplace to park. Since everybody seems to expect more free stuff, benefits and “human rights,” somebody has to pay taxes. LOL. Even artists and musicians are periodically targeted by police in Chicago for hosting home art galleries and concerts.
Landscaping businesses the worst. They dump their yard refuse on the property and it composts and stinks to high heaven…
Why do any home businesses need a ‘license’ from the City? A city ‘license” is nothing more than a revenue grab other than a grab for the City of Chicago.