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.
South suburbs were also overtaxed. Cook County does not care about that.
The higher taxes will trigger exemptions, alleviating them of burdens that they vote for.
Taxes must go much higher to pay for pensions. There is no if buts about it. Higher taxes for as far as the eye can see.