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.
Do you think of low cost provider when you think of the Govt?
ComEd should be rolled into the Water Department. It makes sense, because most of the ComEd employees drink water on a regular or simi-regular basis. Since we are going to be doing ComEd, we really should look into citizing (think nationalizing, but for cities) other corporations that are within city limits. Starbucks can be found on various street corners throughout the city. Perhaps those should be rolled into the Streets and Sanitation department. Oh and the Merc?.. Lets put that into Cook Country prison system since most of the traders are a bit crazy. I hope you all know I… Read more »