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.
Someone must have set an alarm clock for the out of touch Tribune scribes. Illinois’ high costs might create an anti-business environment? Really. Wow, what a brilliant discovery by the crack staff over there.
EV’s don’t hold their resale value, can’t take you on a vacation either unless you only want to drive 4 hours a day. That’s reason enough for me to stay away. Take a look at the prices of 5 year old EV’s compared to 5 year old gas cars. A 5 year old EV is gonna need a $20,000 battery in a couple years.
Here’s an article from Natural News about EV’s The cost for replacing the battery packs is rarely disclosed so if you buy the auto used the battery replacement will be very expensive.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-08-electric-cars-lose-value-twice-gas-vehicles.html