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.
Like they’d ever collect! Just another tragedy!
“They’re insulting Illinois residents by saying, pay us back money because of the error that we made, I think it’s just morally wrong,” said Illinois Minority Leader Jim Durkin.
Absolutely Leader Durkin, It’s morally right to keep money you received in error. All taxpayers in Illinois are more than happy to pay for this, why should the person who unjustly benefited pay for it.