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.
To which pension system does Yarbrough belong, Cook County or GARS? Guessing she’s converting CC time to GARS? If GARS, she’s nearly fully vested. What does she have to gain by blocking anything? If we can’t get these old timers to reform on their way to retirement, it’ll never happen.