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.
Hell no
That article is 100% spot on. Although, republicans have a lot of blame on them for this mess just as the democrats do. The 3% annual, and guaranteed, cost of living raise talked about in the article was courtesy of Jim Thompson. And let’s not forget the Edgar ramp. That was just brilliant.