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 would be correct if the family of 4 ONLY gets $26K. What is the $$$ value of subsidized housing/link cards/reduced utilities/free child care depending on age/free medical/cell phones and on and on. This link is almost hard to believe. Every state is different so Hawaii is an exception.
https://www.kauai-hawaii.com/how-much-is-low-income-in-hawaii/
Look at the property tax rate there. Rockford’s tax rate is almost 16 times more at just over 4%
https://www.tax-rates.org/hawaii/property-tax
Why the biased report? They get more public shaming points ignoring all the taxpayer-funded benefits.
On every level we’re conned left and right by these biased and imcomplete reports.