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.
The gas price hike at the beginning of the summer travel season is brutal. But what does Jabba the Hutt care? He’s worth more money than the entire tax hike will bring it.
I suspect the exodus will grow exponentially after this session. We already have an exit plan in place. Just waiting for my wife to finish her degree.
Doubling the gas tax will accelerate the rate of outward migration, but it may not happen right away. So, you may hear about some meaningless statistics that show that, in the next six months or so, the rate of outward migration hasn’t changed.
Doubling the gas tax is an incredibly callous move by the IL legislators, especially considering they could’ve avoided this and much more silliness to come by doing something that should’ve been done many years ago: rein in the high salaries, pensions and health care benefits.