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.
There is little to no hope of saving the pension system. It is DOA unsustainable as it currently is. Revenues are declining fast; expenses are growing faster than the Governors waistline. Taxes will have to double and double again and again to even come close to covering the need for cash flow. There will be no one left to tax soon and the Chitty is losing population.