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.
The politicians sell out the taxpayer for the government worker vote. This is what has happened for years. As a result, the overly generous pensions are now causing taxes to double every five years. Government employees’ votes do not come cheap.
I can certainly agree with you there. I believe I read that the overall turnout was something to the effect of 32-33 percent of eligible voters. Assuming this is so there were plenty enough voters out there that could have overturned the votes of the City workers. By not voting these individuals effectively voted the way the City voters did. What has happened as fellow poster PPF would indicate that while what you point out is true the situation is the will of the people,,,if they didn’t like the situation they had the numbers to throw the election the other… Read more »