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.
Pritzker keeps moving the goalposts. This is the way it will be until November.
More fear porn and shifting of goal posts. 1. Not all infections are created equal. As demonstrated by analysis by Wirepoints, the risk for those below 55 is minuscule. Therefore the higher positive case load is an interesting stat, but one needs to drill deeper to better understand what is happening. 2. Are we sure testing access is consistent across the state? That is another variable that has to come into play. 3. When you read about cases surging in college towns take it with a grain of salt and ask how many of these surging cases are asymptomatic? You… Read more »