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.
…and when interest rates come down, those pension liabilities will be even higher.
The Number is so high it will never be paid. Face the facts the Chitty will go bankrupt one day.
Nothing to worry about. The new casino will bring home any shortfall.
I thought this was the budget that the Civic Committee and several local news outlets thought was a great step forward for the new mayor on fiscal matters. I guess they don’t know that long term liabilities are an important part of a balance sheet.