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.
I’ve only seen a total of 2 Rivians on the road in IL. But tons of Teslas.
Sucking up to the green vote our political geniuses jumped on the EV train. Of course without studying all the downsides. Anything for a vote
Ford was losing $100,000.00 per EV.
EV’s are the future, it is just everything Illinois does fails. EV’s are taking over in the world markets. China is leading the way in the production of them. Great cars at great prices, they are not allowed in the US because they would take over the market.
Ford CEO took apart Tesla cars and Chinese EVs and it led him to make a startling discovery
Why is TAXPAYERS MONEY 💰 needed to support them ??? EV stations built for them . Tax credits to buy them .
But with this new tax policy for EV’s. The state will stick it to them
With the recent horrible winter weather, I can’t see consumers in northern states lining up for EVs to freeze to death in.
Crony Capitolism works only for the insiders.
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“Shocking. Positively shocking.” – Sean Connery, James Bond, Goldfinger, 1964.
Illinois political animals know just what to do: Confiscate even more taxpayer dollars and hand it to their friends and pals in this industry. They just need to make the pile of confiscated taxpayer cash big enough for the skim.