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.
Burning food for car fuel…does that make sense?
Using corn to produce ethanol is not exactly a efficient process.
Past time to order up some Pritzker “I did this” stickers to leave at the gas pump after filling up.
PIGSTER LOVES HIGH GAS PRICES . Collects more money in taxes on the fuel. Can’t blame Trump for this .
Trump and JB are in agreement on E15. They both want it year round but congress needs to vote on this and currently they have not approved of year round use of E15. As to your statement of higher gas prices bringing in more tax revenue, that’s not correct. Our gas tax is priced in cents per gallon not a percentage of the price of a gallon. If gas is $3 per gallon or $5 per gallon the tax is the same. Actually, lower gas prices would bring in more tax revenue as a basic economic principle tells us that… Read more »
Correct me if I am wrong but isn’t there a sales tax on gasoline in Illinois as well as the per gallon motor fuel tax?
E15 SUCKS and extremely to produce without Federal subsidies it would never be affordable.
Perhaps if JB wants it so much gut the state tax on it.