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.
I saw it happen in Detroit in the eighties
it is repeating now in Chicago. The bond market will start to freeze up, no more borrowing
bubkus. The state won’t help because it also is
insolvent. Washington forget about it.
Better pick your spot on either State Street
or Michigan Ave. to sell your apples.
I’m sure legalizing prostitution in Chicago casino’s will help with the budget :O
As soon as the johns see the head tax ,they’ll be back to trolling the streets
No pun intended!
Ba dum tsssssss….
Mart Pat’s article is several notches above what the “ mainstream” traditional Chicago media can publish. Clear and to the point. Unfortunately it points out how the city’s financial situation is a 10 mph freight train that is not stopping until financial destruction. Who wants to hang around in the city waiting for that?