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.
Lots of room for tents chock full of illegals and food trucks for the same.
I haven’t set foot in the downtown malls in nearly half a decade, and I haven’t been to the Mall on Clark street in probably 15 years. Apparently, many people think the same.
With a 33% vacancy rate for the Avenue, does that imply property taxes will need to increase 50% for the remaining tenants for the government to break-even? Look out below.
Correction: With a 33% vacancy rate for the Avenue, does that imply property taxes/lease costs will need to increase 50% for the remaining owners/tenants for the government to break-even? Look out below.
No, it means the poor slobs in the neighborhoods will get to pony up more. Kindof a SW suburb effect.