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.
$1,828 per diem. Not bad for a part time job.
Vote out all incumbents
365 days a year or roughly five, 70 day periods. Five times $128,000.00 works out to an annual salary of about $640,000.00 a year. According to ZIP Recruiter the average salary in Illinois was about $55,000.00 in 2025. Nice work if you can get it.
There is absolutely no talent to retain in Springfield, nothing but thieves.