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’ll do a lot less harm than most government actions. I didn’t see any indication of funds appropriated, but ceremonies have already been held and I doubt they’re costless. A more thoughtful administration would have lobbied foundations to take the lead and cover the expense.
With all of the problems Illinois faces, they’re finding this???
Stupid chickens!
It’s not stupidity, it’s the targeted destruction of our state’s history. They’re not doing this to identify underground railroad sites: Illinois was a free state. The goal is to demonize southern half of the state, that was more sympathetic to slavery and the south in general; and declare that downstate history as forever stained and tainted. Imagine graduating from high school 20 years from now, and the only thing you learn in school about southern Illinois is that they were racist white supremacists even though they didn’t own slaves, they were still tainted by the Confederacy. Remember, deplorable, they hate… Read more »