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.
Big difference between $4/month per employee and $33/month per employee. Common sense says a lot of businesses will not look favorably on a $29 difference. Not a good analysis when they say $4 wasn’t so bad, so $33 shouldn’t be either.
If there was any way to tax the CPS/CTU a 33 buck head tax on teachers this would be over and done with.
“A WBEZ analysis….” Two of their four “experts” being far left Bruno and Martire. As we say here, the jokes write themselves.
How about the city cut 33 dollars a month from each city employee. If that doesn’t help start cutting programs and employees.