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.
Does it really count as a veto when he knows it will be overridden anyway? Does he think that this veto will prove he’s not in bed with the teachers unions?
Surprising that JB would oppose what’s left of his base on this. Perhaps he figures they’ll have nobody else to support. Anyhow, he is for some reason being sensible — Covid, in some cases, can make you sick, so as with any illness you have sick days so you can stay home. Maybe some political wise persons here can explain.