Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 25, 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.
Per the Better Government Association pension database, Robert Rich’s benefit start date was on September 1, 2012 with 26.25 years of service. 2014 pension was $164,791. 2013 pension was $159,991. Pension system is the Illinois State University Retirement System (SURS). Per Open the Books, here is the salary history of Robert Frank Rich at the University of Illinois Urbana since 200. 2013 – $092,202 2012 – $248,934 2011 – $240,929 2010 – $245,922 2009 – $239,110 2008 – $226,598 2007 – $222,830 2006 – $236,798 2005 – $187,161 2004 – $202,414 2003 – $197,387 2002 – $193,450 2001 – $167,258… Read more »