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.
Sad to hear about a great American. And a very sad reminder about how far Illinois has sunk the last twenty years. In the 1970s-90s, Illinois shrank from 26 congressional seats to about to be 18,17,16? We used to have people like Rumsfeld, Bob Michel, Danny Rostenkowski, Everett Dirksen, Lipinski, Hartigan, Jim Thompson, Marty Russo, John Porter, Ray LaHood, Jack Davis, — and a long list of moderate Repubs and Democrats who were giants in Illinois and in Washington. People looking out for Illinois. Delivering for Illinois. Working with both sides to help the state. The Illinois delegation used to… Read more »
How could you leave Paul Powell out of this list. Danny Rosty was a shtbag. His problem you ask? He got caught! Paul Powell was magic! He stole in plain sight! He kept the loot in a fleabag Springfield hotel for working men. When paying by check at the DMV you were instructed by state employees to make the check payable to Paul Powell! Why do you think people flock to public office?