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.
Well , helion is building a fusion reactor for Microsoft that is scheduled to go online in 2028 or29
Fusing hydrogen into helium at very high
temp, what possibly could go wrong.
nothing to see here move along.
Renewables are going to be more expensive going forward with the end of federal tax credits and the need to build massive amounts of transmission to get it to the load in and around Chicago.
Solar is alright but Nukes do it all night!!
Can I steal your tag-line? It’s the best usable energy phrase I’ve ever read!
It’s not his tag line so no need to ask.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2005/04/20/solars-alright-but-nukes-do-it-all-night/#:~:text=It's%20interesting%20that%20Brendan%20Nelson's,Macklin%20responded%20that%20the%20%5B%E2%80%A6%5D
Quantum computing means MORE energy, not less. A day when renewable energy is our only source is enviable, but we can’t get there instantly. We still need other sources of energy lest we start have rolling blackouts.
Letting the theater kids tell the engineers how best to produce power will guarantee astronomical costs. BOHICA