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.
Newsflash- Properties in CHI are worth no where near what they are asking for them and have lost value since Lightfoot breezed into office.
A sign of what is going on to Downtown Chicago. Things more than likely will get worse, much worse. Residential properties will have to make up for all the tax losses and new spending increases. Looks like a tough decade ahead for the taxpayer. Many large (and small) businesses are finding a new home in other more business friendly states. When the leases are up there will be many more vacancies in the downtown area.