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.
Not mentioned here is the dismal state of funding for Chicago’s police pension. If there is an economic downturn look for a lot of retirees to take a shave.
They wont, the taxpayers will. The voters of the state enshrined it in the constitution with Amendment 1. This is only the first installment of rising taxes and the outflow of residents from the city and state.
Remember, Amendment 1 just barely passed with slightly over 50% of the vote. It took weeks to get the final vote tally because it was so close.