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, maybe he’ll slightly reduce the $1.15B shortfall with spending cuts and say he’s done all he could (without breaking a sweat). Who said the Dems don’t reduce spending?
Of course he never talks about eliminating his many committees created to employ his friends. And what position does his wife hold? Taxpayers paid to remodel her office.
Typical democratic response “We don’t have a spending problem we have a REVENUE PROBLEM.” What a joke .
Looks like it’s time to buy bottled water, liquor, and plastic bags in the suburbs. Increasing taxes on such items rarely brings in the expected revenue.
Flat out what a joke.