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.
High property taxes are mostly to blame for high rents especially here in Rockford. Around 50% of my rent goes to property taxes and I have not yet received the new tax bill. Most of my bill goes to the school district-community college and pensions with no end in sight. The only saving grace is that property values are going up due to very low inventory and not much new construction so I will wait it out just a little longer.
These certainly contribute but housing costs are a problem nationwide. We are in housing bubble 2.0 which is larger than housing 1.0.