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.
VOUCHERS. Let the parents call the shots because obviously CPS can’t do it
Throwing money at public schools without implementing policies to improve education isn’t working. Student test scores demonstrate this. Private schools do better with a lot less money. Maybe if public schools focused on teaching language arts, math, science, and history/civics, instead of progressive ideology. Maybe holding teachers accountable would also help. Instead, IL is lowering student proficstandards.
Mostly if not all caused by excessive pensions at a young age. The results for this money being spent is miserable at best. It is the largest generational theft in history. Steal the young student’s money and rob them of an education. Stacey Gates should be proud of herself, the leader of the public sector mafia.