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.
So this is what it takes to get no bail: driving a stolen car, illegally carrying a gun, committing an armed robbery that leads to murder, being in possession of stole mechandise, and fencing said stolen goods. In Cook County, it takes only five separate and distinct felonies to get no bail. And worse: under the new ‘no cash bail’ law in Illinois, this guy might actually be out on the street again. The new law says There shall be a presumption that any conditions of release imposed shall be non-monetary in nature and the court shall impose the least… Read more »
The guy he murdered in cold blood is already dead, so there’s no specific threat to a witness or participant! Out free!