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 RTA managed their operation like many pro athletes do: as if the gravy train will go on forever. How many retired pro athletes do we see selling their memorabilia just to pay bills? More than you’d care to admit. The numbers don’t lie: ridership isn’t coming back. What’s the solution? Whine about funding shortfalls and suggest tax increases on the chumbolones, selling your bloated services under the banner of the cult of climate change. I’m convinced that climate is the new ‘last refuge of the scoundrel’. With politicians and their minions, it’s the first refuge. I digress… In the… Read more »
They’re proposing giant taxpayer funded bonds after blowing thru all the fed covid $bucks$ while simultaneously admitting the ridership isn’t returning?