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.
Cognitive dissonance: when we understand public employee expectations but can’t afford to meet them. Everyone expects to do everything because politicians have promised us it would or could happen. Retired public employees are going to get hurt because the money is going to run out. While unions are supposed to represent only active employees, the unions fight and help elect politicians who continue to make these promises. Rather than everybody including taxpayers and voters and retirees being hurt [as in a lawsuit where all parties are bleeding legal fees] why not sit down and settle this? Wouldn’t that be better… Read more »
Tell again where`s the casino
looks like a tax hike on Chicago residents can’t be too far off…