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 impact of Illinois’ new $45 billion capital bill will generate others”
Who knew that to create jobs, all you had to do is spend $45 billion? We should’ve thought of that earlier.
Let’s spend $90 billion and create twice as many jobs!
But on the bright side the people that do have jobs will be making $15/hour in a few years……………………………unless they’re replaced by technology.
If population is declining, isn’t it common sense that job growth would be similar?