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.
What else is new? Chicago or IL financial wizards grossly underestimate the cost of a project. This is yet another form of taxpayer abuse.
The project most likely would have cost $20 million if handled in the private sector, but the government has to factor in the corruption element. The original corruption amount was obviously not enough. So they doubled it. $20 million for the project. $60 million stolen. Sounds about right for a City of Chicago project. And the slaves will continue to vote democrat.
Yes, kids, that’s not a $30 million CTA stop, it cost $30 million more than the Executive Directors told us Chumbolones it would cost back when they decided to enrich their family and pals by building a station that no one saw the need for since 1948. Chicago is broke. Illinois is broke. The RTA/CTA/Metra/Pace organizations are soon to run out of taxpayer withholdings to spend due to the Executive Director-caused financial crisis. The plebes who still patronize the CTA are faced with ill-maintained track and equipment and the ravages of the Thug Element. But look at this shiny $80… Read more »