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 can live with the vaccine mandates for now. I’m extremely unhappy with them but during these cold winter months, nobody is doing much of anything. It’s a good chance to stay in, save a ton of money, and prepare for the economic storm brewing … But the million dollar question is: how long will these mandates will last. Will they ever go away? Will restaurants a year, two years from now still be checking vaccination cards? There’s a lot of businesses especially in low vaccinated areas that will be feeling the pain. And if this mandate continues for any… Read more »