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.
Looks like the Trib EB does math as well as a CPS student. “Assuming a $675 million assessed value, the current taxes would be $53.2 million/year.” That is 7.8% of actual value. Even in the Peoples Republic of Illinois, I do not believe RE Taxes are that high based on actual value.
Treasurer’s report also notes that, if the stadium isn’t built at the Arlington Heights site, something else would almost certainly be built there as it is a large site with good access to an affluent market.
Illinois can’t print money at the end of the day, the PEOPLE will have to pay the billion if the Bears stay and continue to pay for lost taxes.