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.
Just Crazy that every other state is cutting their budget and IL is increasing theirs. Even CA is cutting 10% of salaries. But IL? No way! Nothing has changed, nothing.
“That’s when the state’s primary revenue sources — individual and corporate income taxes and retail sales taxes — began an estimated $3.8 billion nosedive.”
That ‘nose dive’ hasn’t even stopped and keeps increasing in speed. $3.8B is a major underestimate. Then they will say “we never saw this coming!”
“We had a balanced budget before this crisis…”
Hey J. Beluga!!
Better open up real soon or you are in bankruptcy…