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.
This is the result of past collective bargaining. There are over 780 pages of people getting $100K+ pensions. Look at contribution which in many cases were picked up whole or in part by taxpayers. Look at lifetime expected payouts
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