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 article is incorrect. There is no annual 3% increase in CPD pensions. There is a one time 3% increase on pensions after the retiree reaches a specific age and has been retired for one year. The original 3% amount never goes up and is not compounded. As an example, $40,000 pension amount, initial 3% equals $1200.00 a year COLA raise. That amount, $1200, never changes, it stays the same year after year. State employees get compounded raises, CPD does not. Let the downvoting begin.