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.
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LOL at city of chicago so glad we left!
The permanent victim class who caused the last two waves by having house parties, and looted, burned, did carjacking, committed robberies and destroyed Chicago will not get their kids vaccinated because of laziness and stupidity.
Meanwhile the pandemic is burning itself out. There is no reason to vaccinate anyone, much less children.
One doubts whether there is any recourse for this gross abuse of authority — giving away taxpayer money. “The constitutions of forty-six states contain a gift clause or otherwise impose a public purpose requirement for public spending. The Illinois Constitution contains a general bar on public spending for non-public purposes, stating: “[p]ublic funds, property, or credit shall be used only for public purposes.” In adjudicating challenges to public spending brought under this clause, Illinois courts have given “broad discretion” to legislatures in determining what may constitute a public purpose. The Illinois Supreme Court “has long recognized that what is for the public good… Read more »