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.
Last night I watched Frontline documentary on Putin and was struck that in a mild way life in Illinois bares striking similarities to Putins 100% pay-to-play kleptocracy Russia. In Illinois what I’m always astounded by is that corruption is only denounced in press and by the left when it comes to a Madigan directly caught taking bribes & kickbacks, etc but never for his 36 year reign of rubber stamp public sector friendly bills resulting in $1/2 trillion in pension debt all in exchange for endless no questions asked union dues to Friends of Madigan, Friends of Harmon, Friends of… Read more »