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.
So a smart suburb will choose not to have grocery taxes and encourage giant grocery stores to move in and advertise this fact. That’s where I’ll get my groceries just like I don’t buy gas in Chicago of cook county. Maybe Bensenville?
Imagine the marketing ads. Do you spend $300 per week for your groceries? Come visit our town and buy your groceries here instead of where it’s convenient for you. Yes, you’ll be little inconvenienced but you’ll end up saving about $3 a week in grocery taxes. Could you imagine how many people would jump at the chance to drive further away from home or work just to benefit from this massive savings? Not to mention the benefit to that “smart” suburb. Sure, they don’t collect any tax revenue from this plan but they get the added benefit of people from… Read more »
You are the problem.
PPF, next time you’re in Detroit go to a Costco on a weekend and count the number of vehicles with Ontario plates.