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 politics between agencies is tricky and will require ruffling some feathers for this to work. But it’s promising that the RTA is ready to shake things up to build a stronger coalition for transit funding.” -Joseph Schwieterman Dave Struett, typist on behalf of the Illinois Combine, gets the lipstick out in his unsuccessful effort to make this pig attractive. That the RTA and its operating arms would welcome more taxpayer dollars surprises no one. If there’s anything that government agencies are proficient at it’s gobbling up taxpayer largess. Take the $2.9 million per-ride cost of the redundant Red Line… Read more »
We stole from suburbs when RTA was formed to bail out CTA. No state support until patonageyjobs eliminated and they clean up their finances and cut wasteful spending.