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.
Per attorney Gabriel Malor:
Actually, this goes even further than my first reading. The decision forecloses ANY payments to unions, not just agency fees, without clear, affirmative consent of the employee.
Any payment at all.
Yeah, but we’re talking Illinois here, my friend. I’m sure the union bosses are already working on their “sales pitch” to their captives, er, members.
Public sector union membership in Wisconsin dropped 40% after Walker pushed through these same reforms. I expect the same thing in Illinois. Never underestimate the overriding desire of public sector employees to keep their money.