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.
“Currently, Chicago Police officers are permitted to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement if targeted individuals are: in the city’s controversial gang database; have pending felony prosecutions or prior felony convictions; or if they are the subject of an outstanding criminal warrant.” I just don’t ‘get’ how anyone can argue with a straight face against these carve-outs. I mean really, how can anyone really believe that virtue-signaling hate for Trump is more important than removing illegal immigrant gang-bangers, felons and those with criminal warrants? What is the argument for this? We hate Trump, and by extension, ICE, so we are… Read more »