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.
Austin has 13 people shot, and it’s national news. Chicago has a “60 people shot” weekend, then a “43 people shot” weekend, and it doesn’t even merit mention on national news-front.
At what level does the situation get called a war zone? Leadership has abdicated all responsibility for providing safe and secure communities, yet citizens are not allowed to protect themselves from those who would cause harm.
Lori will introduce a new measurement, it’s going to be a total paradigm shift measuring violence in a more meaningful way.Chicago murders will be compared on a micro level against the total Russian fatalities in WW II. It’s miraculous! The Chicago number doesn’t move!
Lori will probably hold a press conference to praise herself on how well she is doing controlling crime. 55 shot last weekend. Only 43 this weekend. Heck– that’s almost a 20 percent reduction in only one week!