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.
Another fiscal cliff in IL due to corruption, mismanagement, and/or greed – now, that’s a surprise.
Chapter 11!
Yikes, that was a crapload of money to burn through so quickly! I’m glad they put it to good use. Using federal COVID money for fraudulent or frivolous purposes resulted in increasing the already formidable burden on the IL taxpayer. Luckily, we have infinitely deep pockets, or so these IL Dem pols think.
Don’t binge on the 17-year cicadas, because withdrawal is a bitch.