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.
His plan: rob Peter to pay Paul. Did anyone tell him it never works. How about cutting wasteful spending and political hires?
Turns out it’s a lot harder to “first, get the money” than they thought.
Pension costs are so high and so unbalanced they will likely never get paid. All the money the taxpayers have is not enough to pay for the huge generous pensions paid at young ages with 3% annual increases for 30 plus years. Greed is good.