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.
Survey the landscape in your town and see all of the closed mechanic and auto body shops everywhere. They can’t find staff to turn wrenches because the dealerships – arguably the most expensive place to have a car repair – have taken all the talent, in part because of this new law. Hope you like $1,000 brake jobs and $1,500 to install new tires! You earned it Illinois!