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 author reminisces about the alleged good ole days of unions (picnics and whatnot), but how many people of color were denied union entry in those good ole days? How many Black men couldn’t get anywhere near the trades because they didn’t know anyone and backdoor blacklisted? The myth that unions were some big melting pot of workers holding hands is the worst. Sure, maybe minorities could land a union job on the Hostess factory floor, but not the plumber/electrician/carpenter/crane operator/etc. The trades red-lined minorities for decades. Many social gaps today can be traced directly back to union discrimination. I… Read more »
And how many blacks have leadership roles in any of the unions other than CTU?
Where I grew up there was a man you had to give an envelope of cash to if you wanted to be in the union he controlled.
In public-sector adjacent unions, you see more diverse leadership. But trade leadership is almost entirely white and male.
More B.S. from the Fribune.
“Right to work for less”, blah blah blah. Nowhere in the article does he mention Amendment 1 is for PUBLIC (government) unions.
Perpetual implies occurring repeatedly, meaning right now. He’s basically saying Democrats are planning to implement right-to-work.
Headlines like this is why the Chicago Tribune is perpetually losing readers.