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.
It should be a banner year for the IL weed industry, but as usual, leave it up to the greedy, tax revenue addicted criminals in Springfield and City Hall to tax it to death. Depending on the type of product, weed products in IL dispensaries have a 28% to 40% tax on it. These idiots have found a way to kill a green goose. It won’t get any better, but it will for the black market dealer. He had a banner year. Way better product available, massive over-supply, his product is cheaper, he gives credit and no one is checking… Read more »
all the national pot articles I read are saying there’s a pot over supply glut, prices are dropping and the illegal pot market is booming (my kids tell me illegal pots 1/4 price of legal). And a lot of excess fed covid cash folks where blowing on pot but once that’s gone so goes the legal pot biz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/30/marijuana-supply-sales-turmoil/
The more you smoke of this chit the better Illinois looks.
There is not enough liquor to make Illinois look good, so smoke pot.
A 2 at 10 is a 10 at 2!