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.
Matt does a ton of first rate research and analysis. But on this one I think he has missed the boat. Our new mayor has already made it quite clear through many weeks in office and countless statements that he views business as the enemy of the little people, and he views the suburbs as a source of cash to be plundered. He can’t possibly start sending favorable signals to the business community in the city or the burbs without alienating his base and backtracking on everything he and his socialist posse have stood for for many years. Wishful thinking… Read more »