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.
Crain’s breathlessly cites this as if they are surprised. Yes, money drives dependence (or independence, as they ‘thought’ in this case), but organized voting constituencies matter even more than campaign money. Are they just naïve or that disconnected?
Who do you think came out in droves to ensure that Pritzker was elected?
The public unions.
It really isn’t that hard to figure out that a rookie politician with zero substance or publicly illuminated plans was leaving himself plenty of room to satisfy those very constituents.