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.
2.9 million out of 12.74 million people (22.76%) in the state of IL get free Medicaid healthcare.
My middle class family, on the other hand, pays $12,000 in premiums, my employer pays $12,000 in premiums, and I have a $8,000 family deductible.
TOTALLY FAIR!!!!!