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 can’t be. How can prices of real estate keep going up in Chicago when we are told the city is too dangerous and no one wants to live there. Who’s buying all these properties when everyone is leaving in “droves”? Maybe all the renters decided to invest in Chicago and stop throwing money away on rent? No, that can’t be as rents in Chicago are also through the roof. It’s a conundrum alright. Oh man, this good news will no doubt upset the doom and gloom crowd. I remember one commenter in particular stating that Chicago real estate values… Read more »