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.
If Pritzker was really interested in “fairer” taxes, he would have the Illinois state income tax apply to money earned by Caribbean Trust Funds. He is trying to pass a tax that won’t apply to himself and other billionaires who have figured out how to hide money from tax collectors.