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.
That is a stupid question. The taxpayers always pay the bills, Always. The question should be is if the job costs X, how many times X will government pay to get it done? My guess is it will be 10 times more costly than it should be. Lots of government jobs for doing no work.
Note that the nice mandate falls after a private sector company is called in to fix the mess the politicians created. No doubt stiff higher water bills are on the way…for the people to enjoy.
More unfunded mandates.