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.
Just a few months ago Volkswagen committed to a cash injection for Rivian and appeared to be the knight in shining armor Rivian so desperately needed. Now investors are wondering if Volkswagen will survive. Rivian goes through cash faster than a drug addicted lottery winner. You can be sure Rivian is counting all those employees working 3 day weeks as full timers, so they still collect whatever cash Pritzker promised them. This thing has smelled since the day it was announced, and the average taxpayer doesn’t know a thing about it thanks to the pathetic, so called journalists in this… Read more »