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.
The bill does not ban backyard campfires. It imposes a $5 permit fee on open burns. Annoying government overreach for sure. But that’s not the bad part of the bill.The representative ignores the worst part of all: The $500,000 fine for an open burn (something rural residents do for free now) without paying the $5 permit fee. It’s like Springfield really, really, really hates rural white people. Burn some old hay or corn stalks at the end of the season without your $5 permit, and be fined $500,000. Yes, you read that right, up to $500,000. “and for a penalty… Read more »