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.
Illinois has a 5% unemployment rate, higher than the national average and almost double that of our surrounding states. We have job openings in mass all over the state. Instead of pushing for more help out of the government for families “struggling” let’s get people back to work. The state gets an additional benefit of taking in more tax dollars to help out JB’s lack of leadership.