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.
Personally let them move. I can’t afford a ticket and to be honest I’d rather watch it at home. And with the money the state saves with infrastructure maybe they could use it to fill in the Lake Michigan size potholes that are popping up all over. The ones the gas tax have forgotten
Well if the Bears skip to Indiana, Illinois is going to get alot less in taxes. And it sounds as if Illinois legislature is still playing around with the tax bills for the stadium. It is this indecision, aka incompetence, that made the Bears look elsewhere in the first place. Meanwhile, JB has signed off on millions in tax incentives for his tech bros and data centers while everyone complains about the Bears. If the tax incentives are based on future revenue and jobs, Illinois needs to ensure those numbers are met – and close the taxpayer checkbook that has… Read more »
The only thing that Illinois taxpayers get
is we get it in the face when the sh.. hits
the fan.
Hows about we get a great deal on quality
toilets or best made Lion School Buses.