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.
Studies have shown that any ratio higher than 5 students to 1 teacher is detrimental to student learning. Just kidding, of course, but don’t you find it pathetic that those of us who were Catholic grammar school students in the 60s in classrooms of around 40 students learned more than most CPS students today?
It’s even worse at the universities- both public and private.
There’s nothing wrong with Illinois education that a few thousand nuns couldn’t fix.
And a few thousand school staff working at Starbucks where they are more qualified.