Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
23 Comments
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Audio and summary 
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.
You have to wonder about the competence of many of the folks quoted in this article. “The fiscal picture had improved” over the last few years? What? Don’t any of those folks follow the local news that made it crystal clear the only reason the “cash” position is any better is because of federal largesse in handing out Covid money, which of course the City used on almost 100% non-Covid expenses. There have been almost no meaningful budget cuts. The contribution to the pension funds is so small it is almost immaterial. The City is spending hundreds of millions of… Read more »