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.
A good farewell gift to Madigan would be to bring back the amendatory veto.
“But he also leaves behind a state that is crippled with debt and unfunded pension liabilities, and a voting population that has grown apathetic and hopeless.””
This is a feature, not a bug, and transforms a slightly D majority voter base into a supermajority legislature.
And unfortunately, he is handing off his political malfeasance to a progressive caucus ready to inflict serious pain on the residents of the state for fun, joy, and ‘equity’.