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 thought she would actually give some particulars how to share the pain. Instead she stands up there and says “Hey guys, I have no idea what to do” like a deer in headlines. Why did she even want this job in the first place? That speech was such a rookie mistake. Then again, she’s the city’s de facto insolvency receiver, she’s not the mayor. She’s not here to lead us or run the city – she was elected to clean up the mess.