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.
Lightfoot’s offer of 5 years to protect teachers from damage of a recession and rising health care costs. How generous! Of course at the expense of taxpayers without our consent. Who is protecting us from that damage? These generous offers (which CTU rejects) are never on any ballot or referendum. It boggles the mind how any 2 parties (unions and politicians) negotiate contracts always behind closed doors with the 3rd party (taxpayers) being liable for the outcome. Until the phrase Education shall be “FREE” K-12 is defined with a $$$ sign to taxpayers it is never actually free. There is… Read more »