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.
Amazing.. $27K per student and not one student reads at grade level. That is stunning. Ironically, we have to listen to the CTU criminals and Harris tell us how wonderful everything in education is and why we all need to pony up more cash for the Kids. This should be the Poster Child example of why everything we hear from them is a lie.
YOU CAN’T POLISH A TURD BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD A SPLASH OF GLITTER AND CALL IT A MASTERPIECE.
Illinois politicians are expert at spritzing the world with a coat of sparkle to distract from the underlying stench. They convince their voters (at least the 20% that turn out) that reality is dazzling, even when it’s a fairy tale, blissfully out of touch with the real world.
The “-1 Goons” shun reality.
And… 1/3 of the teachers send their own children to private schools!
You would think they would know how to home school.