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.
At this time, there is no set opening date for the casino as they still have to finish some construction, hire more employees, and get all the necessary licensing. Though management is still hopeful for an opening in the next few months.
This extra money will only result in increased spending, including higher pensions. In ten years, pension funding levels will be lower than today. The advent of earlier casino gambling throughout the state, which was claimed as the solution to this same problem, has already proven this. IL’s SOP is bring in $1.00 in revenue, spend $1.50.
Old Joe remembers when they passed the Michigan lottery under the pretense that schools would never hurt for money again.
The end result was that it allowed teachers to retire in their mid 50s with at least 3K per month + paid health care.