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.
The state forbids any action to impair or diminish pension benefits which is correct. I have not heard anything about someone/anyone not getting their state pension or any reduced benefits. What has concerned me is how much has been taken off the top in fees and costs associated for decades now. Who watches the people in charge of billions of dollars in assets. Billions and billions in fees/costs have diminished the funds assets thus reducing the compounding effect over time but have not reduced anyone’s pension. Seems like the pension itself is guaranteed but not the pension assets because the… Read more »