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.
This doesn’t bode well for the RTA in its quest to fund its empty trains and buses.
Thanks Lori!
Yay! More possibilities for Section Eight housing, further destroying what was one a world class city. Commissar Fat Az and Six Percent won’t be satisfied until the Loop looks like a third world slum.
Nuevo Caracas!
Good.
The people are policy.
Meanwhile Meta is planning to invest $1B in Wisconsin for a data center. Was Illinois even considered?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-plans-nearly-1-billion-195737717.html
Why would it be?
Insane politics and taxes.
Exactly!
A recession is coming or so it looks like. Things to get worse much worse.
Not to worry, Chicago can always raise taxes on the poor uneducated immigrants that are on welfare. The rich job creators are leaving the state at an increasing number, they see there is little hope in their lifetime for this to change.