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 predicted local politicians would be against this bill from the get-go, because they feared taking the blame, and suffering the wrath of the voter, after the 8-flats packed with 20 families Somalis and Venezuelans arrived. They’re getting ahead of this awful bill as quickly as possible. But it’s not like any of this matters. 99 of 101 State’s Attorneys were against the SAFE-T Act and it made zero difference whatsoever. It’s not like anyone, not a single politician, lost their seat in Springfield for supporting the SAFE-T Act. The way the state is gerrymandered, it’s virtually impossible for any… Read more »