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.
“Betteridge’s law of headlines is an adage that states: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no”.”
Is that true?
Seriously, it is true, and it presents a problem for us writers. Sometimes, we really are just asking a question. When I want to do that because I truly don’t have an opinion on the answer, it’s hard to avoid the implication of an answer.
Magic 8 ball says: outlook not so good.
I just went to the Welcome to ask 8-ball website and asked Are Illinois politicians corrupt and the answer was “Most Likely” and Will pension reform happen in Illinois and answer was “My sources say no” Trust the 8 ball.