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.
“But Ralph Edwards, 44, a former gang member who works with at-risk youth in Chicago’s North Side, said the struggle for jobs for young African Americans is a citywide challenge. “Many businesses on the North Side have been here for decades. Naturally, they have built relationships with other neighbors and business owners so when they are hiring, they lean towards who they are familiar with,” Edwards said. “If you don’t have a black face in the market, the chances of black people getting a job in that neighborhood are cut down,” he said.” So, what he is saying is that:… Read more »
Behold, the “Great Society” that bigot LBJ promised us.