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.
“In its best-case scenario, revenues would drop by a total $4.3 billion in the 2020 and 2021 calendar years. Worst case? $14.1 billion. The IGPA also anticipates a big jump in outlays for public health, Medicaid and various human services. ”
All the more reasons for a tax hike! Let’s double the tax rates of the ‘fair tax’.