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.
Have been at a number of events recently where the topic of pot came up. Most conversations touched on Michigan taxes being much lower, and that people are actively buying there whenever possible. Interesting how the idea of states as laboratories that compete comes into play on so many levels.
Natural response will be Raise the Taxes on cannabis and on everything else.