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.
LOL, my district hired a superintendent somewhat recently, and the district bragged there were hundreds of resumes and scores of interviews, before decided that a local nepotistic hire with a degrees from National Lewis was most certainly the best candidate for the job. OF COURSE a mid-six figure job with amazing pension perks is going to attract hundreds of marginally qualified people with teacher factory degrees to apply. But contrast that with the so called ‘shortage’ of teachers, where there are dozens of various openings but hardly any new teacher applications. These jobs pay nearly six figures and also require… Read more »
Those that couldn’t hack engineering became teachers or enrolled in psych programs. I guess I could have really made out if had changed my major way back.
Here’s another sweetheart deal for an exiting super.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-swept-moms-liberty-off-172605000.html
This grift has been going on for far too long and the taxpayers of Illinois are paying for this. Disgrace