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 desire to cheerlead non-events such as the ‘first left-handed three-legged bowler to muster a 7-10 split’ overwhelms the urchins at the Trib such as Talia Soglin. Instead of focusing on the task at hand, Talia starts her puff piece with a love letter to Nora Leerhsen merely getting hired, albeit as a temp. Frankly, given the dismal performance of her political animal predecessors, that first day on the job might be the high point of her tenure in a job that few would sensibly crave. Talia wastes her few readers’ time by focusing on Nora’s internal plumbing, rather than… Read more »
How about increasing rates for the people who use it since they haven’t changed since 2018!