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.
Yeah, since we don’t want workers to lose their jobs, we should keep the bloat and related taxpayer abuse going forever.
That’s my prediction.
CTA is mismanaged. Get rid of incompetent managers, political hires and reorganize CTA before they ask for more money.
A few sacrificial lambs will be fired. More money after that.
If you can’t get it from dad, go pester mom.
CUT CUT CUT.
Stop pace outside cook all i see it’s empty busses.
Oh well no jobs are guaranteed for life, 3000 jobs is a little out of the ballpark, Metra has about 3000, CTA about 1100, RTA who knows this is all about fear mongering so your telling me almost 1/2 of employees will be furloughed.