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.
No study is needed to find out why; it’s because of bloat, that wonderful offspring of corruption and greed.
There, I just saved Illinois taxpayers the cost of a study; I mean, the bloated cost of a study.
First, this bill comes with more than a little skepticism that the people that allowed this cost to skyrocket are going to be the ones to figure out why the costs per student are the second highest in the COUNTRY. Pretty sure they should know by now. Second, if it involves firing tenured professors, it will never happen. They will just keep increasing tuition and wonder why enrollment keeps declining. The article incorrectly states that it was a $6K increase a year for 15 years, it was a $6k increase over that period of time in total, but is still… Read more »