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 Useless Media excuses JB the Hutt from having to admit just how terrible Illinois finances really are. Even the stone-blind credit agencies are at last staring to take notice.
Some day the people in this state will realized we have been lied to and cheated by this democratic run state and vote all of them out. With blues we lose. Vote red instead
I’m just wondering when the stuff is going to hit the fan?Unbalanced budgets state and city, huge unfunded pension debt, difficulty in borrowing because of poor bond ratings, declining population and tax base, terrible public education, and debt all over the place. When are checks going to bounce, especially for retirees? When are vendors going to stop offering credit? Finally, are the voters snoozing?
Many Illinois voters either don’t know, don’t care, or refuse to believe what’s going on. That’s a big impediment to change for the better in Illinois.