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.
“Even though Illinois made the smart move of facilitating recreational weed sales by immediately allowing medical dispensaries to sell adult-use weed, the Land of Lincoln’s longer-term licensing policy is sort of a disaster.”
Wait, where is The Truth Hurts commenters, he says that IL is a success, when everyone else seems to think it is a disaster….
however, I will say that Michigan’s rollout seems to be a little better organized on Day 1, but they are quickly on track to fix this problem, while IL’s supply problems seem to be getting worse..