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.
$1 billion dollar hole. Make some hard cuts because taxing the life out of your citizens is not the answer.
There is no way Brando has the brainpower to handle the city’s financial crisis.
When were these sold? Last ones I see on MuniOS were 6/27.
This is about how bonds are trading in the secondary market, not new issues. But the change does indicated that the city would pay a similar penalty for a new issue.
The City of Chicago bonds are nothing more than a Ponzi scheme.
How about closing his “committees” which employ all his friends.? Fire his wife. What does she do that warrants a salary? That would save a bundle of money.