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.
Can you explain the full actuarial pension discrepancy between the TIA and WP articles?
With links to documents?
“These actuaries say the amount required to properly fund the pensions is $14.5 billion, which is $5.2 billion higher than the amount included in the Governor’s budget.”
https://www.truthinaccounting.org/news/detail/illinois-budget-gimmicks-continue-we-have-an-opportunity-to-fix-them
“True actuarial pension costs would add another $4 billion to the budget, while retiree health insurance would add about $2 to $3 billion more.”
https://wirepoints.org/what-pritzkers-2022-budget-proposal-doesnt-do-fix-illinois-wirepoints
No rush.