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.
The programs that provide incentives for home ownership never seem to get it right. One can titrate interest rates and down payments only so far. Zoning laws get in the way of housing supply. Would-be buyers in Seattle, and elsewhere, rush to pay more than they can really afford. (One supposes tax agencies love the higher valuations.) Result: people get sick, lose jobs, bite off more than they can chew. Some warrant our sympathy and others are the victims of their own grandiosity. Most recover from the experience. It seems futile to try to fix it. The cures are generally… Read more »