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.
I have to tell ya, the CTA is disgusting. I take the Purple Line from Evanston/Davis to Ravenswood [via Brown from Belmont to Montrose] 2X per week for my job. Even the Purple Line Express during AM/PM is littered with sleeping piss bums, mental patients, criminals and other sorts of vile “disruptives”. What used to be a routine 45 – minute trip is now fraught, it’s like a ride in “Ghetto Adventureland”. I’m switching to Metra, since it’s a reasonable option. I pity those who have to take the Red Line anytime, anywhere, it is truly disgusting. Also the smell… Read more »
This is hard to believe. Riding the CTA is a Suicide Ride, credit BS.