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.
Kankakee is in terrible shape. Drove through the downtown a month ago and was shocked at how shabby it is. Pensions are in near collapse– especially the Fire and Police. Property taxes are driving out all the businesses. Heartbreaking to see what has happened in a town that was really pretty nice only twenty years ago.