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.
You seem to be in quite the pickle, Jay. You can preach reform until you’re blue in the face, but at the end of day, even you know you’re just Madigan’s lap dog. And Blago sitting in his cell out in CO stands as a stark reminder of what can happen if you fall from Boss Mike’s graces.
That is, if the feds don’t get you (or your boss) first. But as the good doctor used to say: buy the ticket, take the ride.