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.
Will those who collect payments be asked to sign a release that will bar future claims by their descendants? Or can we expect reparation claims every few years? What about “equal protection of the laws” for those who don’t get payments? How much has been set aside for “victims” and relatives of the officials who hand out the money? Is there a plan to study the effects of reparation payments in the future? (In other words, was any desired effect such as wealth accumulation or property improvement achieved?) Do the costs of administering the program exceed the reparations to be… Read more »