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.
Let’s say I get my car stolen and I make a claim with my insurance. They should pay Blue Book value or close to it. That $$$ amount is much less than what I have to pay to replace the car depending on its age. What happens to the recovered money? Who gets it? The state/city or robbery victim or is this a windfall for the local governments.