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.
More thunder and lightning from a governor/ trust fund baby that lies at every turn and is about transparent as a roiled puddle and a desperately hanging on senator that will have to have his lucrative office wrenched from his Epstein list hiding, illegal alien enabling, convicted drug lord championing hands.
It’s not too difficult to understand that the Dept of Education has not done its job. Globally, America ranks 25th in math, reading and science. As Bill Maher commented on education, “China is eating our lunch!” China is first! Other Asian nations surpass America. Something needs to change. Too many of our children are not learning.
Sounds like education is incredibly expensive. Since JB is such a budget master, and insists on a balanced budget, it’s a good thing to eliminate the US Department of Education and let the states manage their own respective education process.
“President Trump has no plan to improve literacy, math scores, or get more teachers on the job. JB. Neither do you JB. What have you done to improve educational outcomes that will not cost taxpayers twice as much as it is now? What has the Dept of Education done since it’s inception? It is more like the Dept of lack of Education. To be fair we need to compare results from rural schools vs urban. Almost all large urban schools are severely lacking in all metrics measured. Then compare private schools which cost less than half of public schools to… Read more »