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.
If these tests exist in 5 years time it will be interesting to see what the average scores are as compared to the pre pandemic timeframe. Between Covid and the decision by universities to stop using standardized tests as part of the admittance process, I would be surprised if scores haven’t decreased significantly. Wokeness, equity and diversity are all well and good, but I’d prefer meritocracy when it comes to critical professions, you know, like doctors.
You prefer a meritocracy, but the people in charge now prefer racial set-asides.
As you know, “affirmative action” used to be the widely-used term. Who knows how many sweet job offers I didn’t receive because of this program?
With many bureaucratic jobs, it doesn’t matter who gets them. However, for jobs especially in the private sector requiring a certain level of expertise in engineering, science, law, etc., it matters a great deal. For these jobs, companies making poor hiring choices lose competitiveness or worse.