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.
Why was this not done decades ago. When Biden was VP he did nothing to control RX prices. Medicare could not negotiate prices with the pharmaceutical companies and I’m sure that Medicaid also cannot. Look up your medication cost without insurance and compare it with the price in Canada-Mexico-India/etc. Next to nothing there but not here. How can Mark Cuban negotiate prices in his company but the state cannot? My guess lots of kickbacks. https://www.markcubancostplusdrugcompany.com/