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.
Covid isn’t the problem. Parents have to parent. Make sure your kids go to school, do their homework. You’re not their friends you’re their mentors. And teachers start to teach and quit worrying how your 401k’s are doing. That was the job you were hired for. So do it
Let’s officially close the window of opportunity to blame current problems on Covid. There are more than enough other invalid reasons on which to blame someone’s shortcomings. Let’s skip the task force and save the IL taxpayers a little money. For those who can, get up off the ground, dust yourself off, and get that work ethic and drive in gear!