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.
Count on them being higher than last year.
If Preckwinkle can’t get the tax bills out in time, fire her for incompetence. Or at least vote her out.
At this point, any of the few of us dopes still paying attention have given up trying to understand if this is simply more CC/Chicago absolute incompetence or just more of the endless 3-card Monty bilking of taxpayers…..you just assume it’s both at astronomical prices and nobody in public sector really cares because they got 100% control.
Illinois was perpetually late with tax bills in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Never seem to be any accountability for paying municipalities late or for constantly increasing the tax burden. This isn’t a new thing – they don’t like tax bills right before elections. They will do this again in 2026 before Jabba is on the ticket, thinking Illinois citizens don’t know their tax bills are among the highest in the country. They are just preparing us now and really think we are idiots. Then again, if JB gets reelected – we are.