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.
I hear that illegals are now sending post cards to Chicago residents that say:
I’m Vacationing In Everything’s Free Chicago! Wish You Were Here!
Wow. Do the math. $235 million divided by 30,000 migrants? $7,833/migrant? That’s more expensive than concierge white-glove medical care at Northwestern Hospital.
These companies, and their owner-operators, are making fortunes on backs of Chicago taxpayers, mining the “recently-arrived migrants” business opportunities promoted by City of Chicago.
Sorry……but i don’t want to give up what i have earned to illegals so the democrats can have more voters….helping fellow American citizens is a given!
Don’t forget the highly inflated costs to feed them. Approx $73K is spent to feed a family of four in less than a year. How many families of 4 eats $73,000 worth of food in less than a year? I know who you are thinking of but I won’t mention it.
“we would like to see controls in place to make certain that taxpayers are not being taken advantage of” earth to Greising, this is Chicago don’t expect miracles.
The new $85 mil spending approved for migrants without aldermanic vote comes from remaining $400 mil unused COVID funds I assume? $95 mil was previously approved form COVID slush fund for migrants without aldermanic vote. Don’t forget, CTU/Brandon’s progressive alder crew blocked alderman Conway’s proposed ordinance to allow alderman to vote on approval of COVID fund spending over $1 mil….EQUITY!!!!
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/23/after-mayor-taps-95-million-in-covid-aid-for-migrants-downtown-alderman-pushes-for-more-oversight/
Wow, all this newly found money, and using all the tricks in the book to hide it. The illegal migrants appear to be the Democrats new favorite cause. Time for all the other minorities to step aside. They have had their time at the government trough, just like the Irish and the Polish. Go forward, and prosper, and remember to pay it forward to the illegals. The illegals appear to be at the top rung in getting their pots filled, as in the opinion of many, the D’s view them as key for attempts at skewing the census and upcoming… Read more »
Who has the contract to provide these “services” to the migrants? How much is being skimmed? This is the grift. Create an “emergency” get the public to foot the bill, and the connected people benefit while the taxpayers get screwed. It’s so obvious. California budgets billions to help homeless, and the problem gets worse. They clean up SanFrancisco for Xi however, which means they could have done it all along. If people are afraid, they will put up with an erosion of freedom and the siphoning off of resources. Government, Democrats especially, are criminals. It’s the only reason a doofus… Read more »