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.
Unionized cannabis workers. Sounds like the plot of a spoof movie, doesn’t it?
16,000 members x $6 x 52 weeks = $4,992,000 to the union, that’s what this is really about. I’m all for it, ultimately the price of weed will go up. This should help the black market and hurt tax revenues so they’ll raise the tax rate on weed. It’s a win, win, win for everyone.
My sons friend quit his job at Jewel because he didn’t get enough hours to offset the union dues that were deducted. Can’t wait for these dummies that vote to unionize get their reality check.