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.
JB sucks!
He basically declared victory, falsely, then surrendered.
This is not a win JB, it’s a huge L and everyone knows it.
I agree it’s not a win for JB but it’s hardly a loss either. He will simply implement the rule next fall if he wants and if JCAR agrees then it will need to go to court all over again. If he wins in November he will claim he still has the power. This is actually a gift to the GOP as it can become an election issue.