Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
15 Comments
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Audio and summary 
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.
RIP what ever is left of the Illinois economy
It is called a nanny state.
Its apparent in the game of Phases. You might just get bumped back. Sorry!
Strikes me as overly focused on testing and contact tracing and without any regard to how those resources will be distributed across the regions identified. For example, it will be very easy for the state to concentrate testing and contact tracing on the Chicago area to the detriment of other regions, who otherwise could reopen if they received sufficient resources.
Overall though, it remains a fuzzy political document without sufficient transparency, particularly with respect to testing and contract tracing, to evaluate the metrics it identifies. Par for the course.