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.
Rivian promised 500 jobs for nearly $850 million. The Dems were tripping over each other to congratulate themselves. The town of Normal was putting in new roads and infrastructure for the benefit of Rivian, and the newly transplanted employees were creating a strain on housing. But like all IL incentives given away on the backs of taxpayers, reality set in and losses abound and now Rivian wont provide details of their operations, despite receiving hundreds of millions from IL taxpayers. Our incompetent governor did it again and either didn’t put accountability in the contract or refuses to ask for it… Read more »
How many BILLIONS did Biden just give this outfit?
Wasn’t the company coming here one of Putzgers podium smiling ,mic dropping moments about bringing jobs to Illinois ? Oops another one bites the dust