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.
We just drove to Panama City beach and back. Took back roads and interstates. The roads everywhere south of Indianapolis were immaculately perfect and smooth. Illinois roads are a disgrace. Alabama had by far the best roads and most modern infrastructure on the interstates. Wonderful vacation, Illinois roads truly suck.
That’s good, they should shut all state projects down till the cost of fuel is a reasonable price again.
Will Democrats accuse these workers of greed, like they do of companies raising costs?
Cross a union? No, I don’t think so.
Too bad Cook County inmates don’t have a quarry to hammer rocks all day and make gravel.
Bring back leg irons too. Less gravel, less gravel trucks!
Fred Flintstone showed up for work every day at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company — and high gas prices didn’t slow down his foot powered car.
Hahahaha! Well done!
Good!Seek a non union company for the product.