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.
Municipalities can wean themselves off of the taxpayer sugar tit if they want to do so. But nope, they are determined to spend every penny and ask for more while having duplicate offices and employees and creating new positions, funding social services programs and putting up fruity 197K artwork against the citizens wishes ( looking at you, Joliet ).