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.
Doesn’t he have a daughter. Love to know those test results. Poor kid has to listen to how to tax poor people while eating lobster
With this “mental health” program, if students are not sufficiently indoctrinated, they will be labeled with a mental health disorder. The parents should decide if their child needs a mental health screening, and their written permission should be required.
Why would flipping the script to opt-in rather than opt-out get the Democrats so upset? Do they see getting parental permission as an obstacle to what they hope to accomplish? Are they worried that parents won’t approve?
Everyone knows that opt-out will produce greater participation than opt-in. While some people will be adamant about opting out, most will just go along. In terms of effectiveness, the option to opt-out will produce greater participation and greater results. As an example, 401k participants are 40-50% likely to participate in their plan under and opt-in option vs. 85-95% participation rate for opt-out. If one believes that mental health screenings are effective and needed, the opt-out strategy is more likely to be successful. So it would only stand to reason that such a person would be upset by changing this. Schools… Read more »