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.
So could closing underutilized schools and not spending a dime on illegal aliens.
NUTS!
Pushing the state for more revenue? LOL!!!! CPS already gets a disproportionate share of funding from Springfield. How about you downsize, consolidate, close low enrollment schools, etc.
Borrowing to fund the unaccountable schools system / ctu is a recipe for more disaster, not a tool.
Borrowing; Ha! Extend-and-pretend is what he really means.
borrowing, aka kicking the can (Chicago’s favorite activity)