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.
I am not sure of the average SS payment, but I am guessing that many suburban seniors are pay 25% or more of income is property taxes.
That’s probably about right for some, but SS was never intended as a sole source of retirement income. Those who thought otherwise suffer the consequences.
Springfield could care less
Retired and renting in Chicago?! How depressing.