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.
The lottery is a voluntary tax paid disproportionately by the poor and ignorant.
The state is fully aware of the fact that they are cheating the poor people.
But they must do anything they can to support the huge pensions of the public sector.
Perhaps the Decatur police aren’t proactive enough so the residents are exploring other avenues to a big payday.