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.
This could be interesting. There is still $356 Million outstanding in debt from the 2003 renovation. Now what/
Once again, Democrats spending money that they don’t have. Spending money on Soldier Field is not necessary, as is .building a new soccer stadium. Use Soldier Field for soccer. Not a brain cell in the bunch in Chicago. Just tax and spend, and give construction contracts to their friends, at the expense of taxpayers. If Chicago wants to do this, let the city of Chicago pay for it.
So “THE CITY “ is admitting the Bears are LEAVING ??
You can make book on it.
How opulent does it need to be? And as Daskoterzar states, the old renovation hasn’t been paid off. Illinois and Chicago are going to fail into bankruptcy; there’s little hope at this time in history.
The City and State still owe a boat-load of cash on the previous “renovations” to the stadium like $500M and this new suggestion would pour $630M more tax payer debt into the stadium. Yeah, this sounds like a Shit-deal for the tax payers. But hey, the Parks Department (with all their financial planning experience) thinks having concerts and events at the venue would pay for the debt. Before more hundreds of millions get dumped into that place, the City of Chicago needs to be on the hook for all of it, the rest of the state of Illinois should not… Read more »