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.
This is simple math. America has a 1% property tax rate (in return for sufficient quality social service provision). For similar mediocre or worse quality social service provision, Cook County charges 2% property tax rate, 3% in many collar counties, and almost 4% in McHenry County. The property tax rate is capitalized into the cost of housing (“affordable” or not). 2-3% extra payment (in return for zero additional value) of total home value per unit is thousands of dollars more per year in a State which does not have opportunities to earn thousands of dollars more per year to balance… Read more »