Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
23 Comments
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Audio and summary 
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.
What did she do for 53 minutes and 25 seconds? Word has it she lobbied nonstop for Fed position to relieve her of quagmire here in Chicago.
Note Pete Buttigieg’s own luck simply infuriates her. He usurped “her” cabinet spot as the LGBTQ-representative of Biden administration. But little Pete’s only former mayor of declining Rust Belt town of South Bend, while little Lori is current mayor of rapidly-declining 3rd largest Democrat-ruled BIG Rust Belt city. Plus Lori could’ve provided a “3-fer” (POC, female, LGBTQ) affirmative-action “star-player” dividend to Biden Team.
Perhaps problem is Lori’s strident anti-white rhetoric?
It’s simple, she ran off to DC to hide from the council ward mapping fiasco. Sure she had opportunities to spout about the community and investment, maybe a little disenfranchised gibberish. I wonder if she invoked the magic SR claim? Systemic Racism. An opportunity to stand around with the big guys naturally she was included for her grasp of finances which amounts to “If there’s money it must be spent”