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.
Durkin questions for you, we’re where you during the pandemic lockdowns, we’re where you during the midterms supporting your republican members running on the ballot, why weren’t you out and about in the state campaigning for your team and why didn’t you support Bailey. To me I’m glad to see you go because you are just absolutely worthless, funny how you resign and won’t seek re-election so you can walk down the stairs instead of being pushed down the stairs and pushed out the door, good riddance.
It is about time. His leadership for too many years has been little more than collecting a paycheck. Can’t think of a single first rate legislative strategy, campaign program or back bencher tactic he ever initiated. Madigan just ran circles around him. He was never up to the job and it is a sad commentary on the caucus and the party that he wasn’t gone long ago.
He has been part of our problem for a LONG time.
I don’t blame the IL GOP. They are as hapless as the hapless IN Dems because they’ve been out of power in the legislature for 40 of the last 42 years.
The goal of politics is to destroy the enemy and make a one-party supermajority state.
It’s happened in neighboring IN. It’s happened here too.
Except IN has low taxes, good schools and alot less wokeness.