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.
Roil? The Norm? I drive through a huge swath of Chicago daily (on the south side no less), and have yet to encounter crime. I have lived close to Chicago (and in it) for 30+ years. The last time I encountered crime was 32 years ago when I lived in Rogers Park and my front license plate was stolen. Is violent crime a problem? Yes. Are police needed? Yes. Is Johnson clueless about crime and what to do? Quadruple yes. But exaggeration doesn’t help solve it, just as downplaying doesn’t help solve it. I Both just help to score political… Read more »
The average of +400 murdered every year and tens of thousands of other crimes tell us otherwise.
They have to. They don’t have the P.P. boys defending them. Putzger and Pinhead the dynamic duds