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.
AI has it positives and negatives, but letting AI go unfettered with no oversight is not a good strategy. It could have severe ramifications to citizens privacy and financial and social autonomy. President Trump has surrounded himself with Technocrats who are pushing this agenda and that should be of concern.
I bet they’re afraid AI will be able to vote. Then they’ll be gone
This article seems to be missing some important points. First, AI is already being used throughout the world and Illinois is not going to catch up by writing bills about AI that are already out of date. The article calls out risks to workers displaced by computers. It seems that bills should focus on penalties for use of data from theft that has occurred, whether it be from hacks of Blue Cross, ATT or the like. Secondly, maybe IL should start focusing on how vulnerable data storage sites are and stop promoting foreign companies to run supercomputing sites. Proposed SB94… Read more »