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.
“…a transit policy presentation by Chicago Transit Authority officials acknowledged the need for a coordinated regional transportation system. But the presentation “really didn’t have any specifics” Howard Cure, partner and director of municipal bond research at Evercore Wealth Management, summed the obfuscation quite clearly. It is refreshing that he didn’t appear to buy this fraud of an argument. He questioned how the CTA will be able to function, given the loss of ridership. Mr. Cure can only plaster over the cracks in Chiago’s finances so much. He can’t deal in platitudes, or his reputation would go the way of the… Read more »
Who’da thunk? ah lot of talk about new “equitable revenue streams” to assure potential bond buyers by city big wigs:
And ZERO talk about cuts as usual