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.
My understanding it that the pension clause was added to the IL constitution because the unions didn’t trust the State to live up to its promises. Imagine that.
The state over promised, underfunded and now is searching for a lifeline.
Talk about kicking the can down the road.