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.
Lori, because you are an utter, abject failure, the only way out is taxing gambling? You’re pathetic.
Casinos are banned in Japan because they are non productive in nature . Casinos and lotteries perform the odious task of taxing stupid people.
The people who elected this clown have no vision for the future.
I guarantee you that if they put a Casino anywhere near a ghetto it will be an epic fail!
River North is slowing turning into the NY Times Sq. of the 1970’s. There are already four cannabis dispensaries, lots of nightclubs/bar and cheap hotels, plenty of drug dealers, prostitution, a couple of strip clubs and places to eat. Now they want a casino to anchor the vice for all. A couple more casinos, a handful of abortion clinics, and few more night clubs and before you know it, Michigan Ave. is the new vice hub of the Midwest, but instead of the Las Vegas strip, it’s more like the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. That’s where this is all heading.… Read more »
It’s Ill-annoy: You’ll get a casino AND higher taxes.
More subtle coercion from the mayor. How about a little belt tightening or a reduction in give aways. You’d best become skilled at financial responsibility as the house of cards is coming down!
Illinois has a large population of tax takers vs taxpayers so the answer will probably be, as has happened so often, raise taxes