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.
““The extreme imbalance of this was surprising,” said Mark Swartz, LCBH’s executive director. “We went into this expecting to find that eviction was more associated with non-white Chicagoans, but we see that it’s not about minority status. It’s about being black.”” I don’t see why this is surprising at all. White people within the city limits – in general – make a lot more money than black people, and more money makes it easier to pay rent. Black people earn a lot less money and are more likely to fall behind on rent. This is common sense, it doesn’t take… Read more »