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.
Casten is a smart guy with an Ivy League masters degree in biochemical engineering. He knows exactly what he is saying and how wrong he is. But he doesn’t care because he wants to win reelection in a district that appears to be recalling him from DC. His reelection strategy now appears to be one of desperation – appeal to the left-wing looney part of of the democratic base for an ultra-high turnout – because he’s alienated the moderate voters of his district. The most recent poll (from 12/23) shows Ives with a +10 point lead over Casten after his… Read more »
Ives all the way!
Casten is merely following the orders he receives daily from his owners in Beijing. Casten is a paid agent of China, under direct Chinese control
Another Illinois piece of crap