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.
“Increased contributions and a market surge have strengthened balance sheets …”
Uh-huh. Now, pensions aren’t woefully underfunded, just dreadfully underfunded.
The spin being put on this is utterly stupid and irresponsible. Oh great, we are “stabilizing” at $450 billion in pension debt,vastly more than other states, rendering it impossible to regain competitiveness. And that’s only iif we can continuing to increase payments on the ramp u