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.
ESG AKA virtue signalling. The way a 40 year old pulls up to Starbucks in their Prius and they back into a parking spot out front so everyone can see their “Yes We Can” Obama bumper sticker. They hop out wearing their recycled rubber flip flops, go in, order a fair trade coffee, and ask loudly for a vegan milk alternative and then furtively look around to make sure everyone heard what a social justice warrior they are.