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.
Cops should not fight crime. Cops should stay in the station and answer phone calls to take reports only. A huge savings in payroll costs when only a couple hundred officers needed to be report takers. Someone is robbing a store or someone on the street, give them the number of the local crisis intervention specialist. Shots being fired, shelter in place until is over. Fights or assaults in progress give the phone number of the violence adjudication specialist. Traffic accident, call your insurance company, no insurance, too bad. Direct everything to a social service or the County state attorney… Read more »
it is time for a national police walkout. If defunding police is what democrats want, start with their own neighborhoods, and remove government officials’ private security details.