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 will believe that Pritzker wants to follow Trump’s guidelines as much as I believe that Pritzker has not left the state during this event.
Seriously
Wallethub published a study on May 19th ranking states by level of restrictions and death rate. Here’s what they found. 18 states with few restrictions and low death rate, 7 states with few restrictions and high death rate. 7 states with many restrictions and low death rate, 19 states with many restrictions and high death rate. Illinois is in the last category – many restrictions, high death count.
AND, IL is LAST (#51) meaning worst restrictions of all states + PR. Pathetic https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-fewest-coronavirus-restrictions/73818/
You are correct.
Let me correct that last part for our lovely reporter:
“Some that flung open the doors, like Wisconsin, are now seeing an increase in confirmed coronavirus cases because of vastly increased testing, but are still seeing a decline in patients with COVID-19 symptoms.”
I’ve not been all that impressed with block club chicago, seems like it’s run by journalists who don’t know how to do their research.