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.
I read a story years ago that there is a major street that separates portions of Vermont and New Hampshire. The Vermont sales tax rate, not surprisingly, is very high as compared to N.H.’s relatively lower rate. Over the years businesses and shopping have sprung along the N.H. side of the border while businesses have shuttered on the Vermont side, causing many of the towns along the border to struggle economically as Vermont residents – who all voted for the higher sales tax – choose to make their purchases in N.H. I imagine this trend in IL will only continue,… Read more »