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.
Who in their right mind would venture there? Vacationer, resident, business, trade show…sorry I’d skip it.
Dictator for Life Jabba doesn’t even want to visit Springfield or anywhere in Illinois. He prefers Florida or Wisconsin. Daley has a house in Michigan. Nobody is coming to the high tax sewer called Illinois
Sorry, Illinois, but my family road trip, if there is one, will be to WI or MI. No way I’m driving a few hours just to stay in state.
This is funny, road trips all headed OUT OF STATE, not within the state, no one will be visiting Springfield, or anywhere in IL, until their are fully opened res truants and no masks! And probably not for a while afterwards either.
Who would want to visit Springfield during the summer, virus or no virus. And as someone who was planning a family trip to NYC this summer, let me say spending lots of money to travel to large cities for a diminished experience makes no sense. We’ll go next year.