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.
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Who cares what taxpayers want? Taxes will go up, up and away. PPF tells it like it is pensions will be paid first. 80% plus of all tax increases will go to fund public sector pensions. If you do not like it, you can leave the state.
Hey BJ, how about you cut government spending instead?