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.
The can has stopped rolling. There are no more kicks left. The Executive Director Caused Disaster is now upon us.
It’s time for long delayed service cuts to take place.
Brando seems to relish the opportunity to publicly tussle with JB, who will remind anyone who will listen that he is a Happy Warrior. Let these two idiots beat up on each other for awhile. Notice that Brando, ever the moron, mentioned the millionaire tax and progressive tax in the same sentence. That quote should be memorialized by the anti-tax increase watchdogs in ads once Pritzker starts promoting the millionaire tax in ernest. The millionaire and progressive tax are linked forevermore, and no Illinois resident should forget it.
The same can be turned back onto Mayor Conehead. Don’t hold the State hostage because you are unwilling to make the hard decisions.
CA has kicked the can down the road for years and has now reached the end of the road. IL has done the same thing, how close is the end of the road?
IL resembles CA. All their progressive policies and overspending on pensions, homeless, DEI, and illegals instead of public safety, are biting them in the you know where. These states are controlled by Democrat supermajorities and the infighting, deficits and revenue shortfalls can’t be blamed on Republicans. Brandon can’t blame Nixon, Pritzker blame Rauner. Lack of money for pensions, CTA, CTU unrealistic demands, poor schools, and so on are sole responsibility of Democrats. Lots of people have woke up and left IL and CA. I shouldn’t laugh and say I told you so and I should feel sorry for those stuck… Read more »
Why should the rest of the state pay for Chicago’s fiscal irresponsibility? Chicago can cut wasteful spending. Suburban Cook County shout not pay for Chicago either.