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.
Is anyone surprised? Old Jelly Belly needs more money especially given what he spent to get all his buddies elected. Can’t wait to leave only 18 more months of this and I’m red state bound.
When you are broke you do not go out and spend more money. You are supposed to start saving. The system is broken, and the state is broken. Illinois does not have the change of a nickel.
Taxpayers were put on earth to be cheated by everyone in any kind of Government job.
Who specifically inserted the amendment?
NBC article says it was Rep Greg Harris.