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.
McClain was obviously helping out Quinn. We don’t really know why. Maybe they were good friends over the years. Maybe Madigan told McClain to help him out. Maybe Madigan knows nothing. Madigan would never say anything over the telephone, or email or document this arrangement. But the Feds are coming heavy down on McClain right now. Does McClain fear the Feds more than he fears Madigan, or does he fear Madigan more than he fears the Feds? I mean if I were in McClain’s shoes, nothing short of a car bomb secretly placed in my Nissan Rogue would stop me… Read more »