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.
From the article:
“But they got on board with budget and infrastructure packages – including the revenue hikes that will pay for them – after Democrats threatened to take out funding for capital projects in GOP-represented districts, and after Democrats agreed to make reforms long-sought by business interests.”
There truly is no conservative representation the state. Legislators hold Republican counties hostage – the dozens and dozens of them – to force them to spend money we don’t have. Awful, awful state.