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.
Cautious spending? Illinois is flat broke. Any spending the Springfield Democrats authorize is decidedly incautious. The Civic Federation hits JB the Hutt with the attack of the soft cushions with their milquetoast admonishments of our ever-overspending trust fund baby-in-chief. Giving the Hutt credit for credit ratings improvements only exposes their desire for continued access to Illinois politicians, as the improvement in credit and balance paydowns came largely from imprudent injections of funds from Uncle Fed during the Covid insanity. JB manages finances as only a trust fund baby would, treating Illinois’ taxpayer dollars as his own trust fund, except it… Read more »
There seems to be a strong correlation between the occurrence of fiscal crises/cliffs and mismanagement. Also, just a reminder, components of mismanagement often include corruption, greed, and/or lack of needed skill sets. You know, just in case anyone was thinking about changing things for the better in Illinois to ease the burden on the taxpayer.