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.
How about they furlough all the teachers and administrators in the 100+ mostly empty schools and move the children to still not fully populated schools.
As COVID funds run out, one simple question nobody in press or politics asks is–what is/was the $total$ increase in spending added (jobs, benefits, spending & future liability debt) to CPS budgets that was paid for with COVID funds that CTU is trying to protect in new contract and CPS still includes in proposed budget that ultimately dopey Chicago taxpayer/homeowners will be asked to $pay$ for? and of course, the same questions could be asked of all city, county and state spending— WHO’s GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THE INCREASED SPENDING MADE POSSIBLE WITH COVID FUNDS AS FUNDS RUN OUT???… Read more »
Hmm, that doesn’t look like the American flag to the left of the wall clock.
I think having a American Flag is considered racist white supremacy.