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.
The only good thing is that you can get higher interest rates on savings. Discover Bank/Capitol One Bank/Ally and more are paying at least 2.15% and going up all FDIC insured. CD’s are higher depending on term.
If pension funds are investing some of the cash on hand and getting a few percent that will offset the 3% compounding a little but big banks are still only paying 0.1%.