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.
Ick. The linked article loses all credibility when it so openly adores Pritzker et al. ‘Reporting” that JB and his chief of staff joke about how difficult his job is, and by implication what an amazing job JB is doing? And he “navigated” a budget crises? Plus cute downstate town is “a regional hub for reproductive health care, with nearly 11,000 abortions performed there last year”? Ick. They’ve given up even pretending to be journalists.
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If you don’t already know why Shia Kappos, the author here, is regarded as the most sycophantic bootlicker in Illinois media for Pritzker and Dems, read this article.