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.
““Effectively, this law means that to be paid as a business, a freelancer or solo professional is going to have to be set up like a business and act like a business,” Steblay said in an email.” Duh. This is common sense. Most legitimate businesses already do this. But the freelance app-based 1099 tax evasion scam (because that’s what is is) needs to end. I’m against taxes but if the government is going to tax, everyone should have to pay them. California and Illinois will get this right. The freaking out of this law is because people are misunderstanding what… Read more »