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.
Illinois has already spent what children born in 2040 will never pay off.
That’s what happens when you have debt. Pay your bills.
“Current taxes are not sufficient to pay the growing pension obligations,” this says. Hmm. I think I may have read that somewhere before.
Bondholders probably get disclosure with enough disclaimers that the fraudsters can’t be sued. Or (if sued) they’re either immune or uncollectable. Taxpayers probably lack standing to sue but, even if they could, the fraudsters are immune or uncollectable. A few governors and mayors have gone to jail but generally due to accepting or soliciting bribes. By now the fraudsters are smart enough to build a file of reliance upon actuaries etc. And if prosecutors won’t go after arsonists and murderers what hope is there of finding one who will protect the public from securities fraud or lying to voters —… Read more »