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.
“Chicago Experiments with…”
Shouldn’t the next word in that headline be “Communism”?
Sit on the couch, get a check. What a plan!
I like the Chicago Contrarian but it’s like a backwards 20th century publication trying to analyze 21st century problems. There’s no rhyme or reason to Chicago’s UBI. The point of UBI is to give away free money. There’s a lot of poor people in Chicago and they want free money. Pro tip: FREE MONEY IS POPULAR!!! FREE MONEY BUYS VOTES! That’s it. It doesn’t matter if the money works, or improves lives, or provides a net benefit. None of that matters. Poor households live hand to mouth and $500 a month helps put larger portions of soda and fast food… Read more »
A ‘route out of poverty’ should include a good public education that produces a citizen with skills and a work ethic – not more handouts.