Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
15 Comments
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Audio and summary 
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.
To straighten out its pension mess, Chicago needs leaders with strong financial backgrounds and independence from public unions.
Brandon Johnson’s political backers are responsible fo at least 2 of those woeful pensions, the Chicago Teachers fund and the Municipal Employees fund. He should be coming into office with some easy solutions.
The pension shortfall was by design. The cash inflow could never have paid for the huge benefits. Not enough money in the world to cover multimillion-dollar pensions for tens of thousands of government workers for over 30 to 40 years. Pensions paid more than the jobs ever did (way more).