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.
It’s refreshing, and somewhat surprising, to see Ventura doing something besides spouting her usual DSA litany of BLM, illegal immigrant’s/tran’s people rights, more social services etc. Maybe she’s had a “ Futterman moment “ and an epiphany that a lot more politicians could stand to experience.
The supply of electrons is finite and must be generated somewhere. The Illinois law is a joke, Batteries that the ratepayers are stuck paying for. The solar and wind path will not work it is not reliable and cannot meet peak demands. The old battery story, horse pucky, we cannot have enough storage to meet the peak demand plus the batteries run down real fast and you cannot run them to zero charge. Nuclear, gas turbines, and coal fired will bring back the spinning reserve that will work. The wisenhimers in Springfield don’t want it. we are in for a… Read more »
A start would be getting rid of all this GREEN energy requirements that would significantly reduce the cost of electricity in Illinois.