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.
I am completely fed up with our civic elites pussy footing around, like Ferguson from Civic Federation here. This piece is absolutely right as far as it goes, but it’s the kind of technical criticism you would make in ordinary times. These are no ordinary times. Chicago is staring into the abyss. The harshest words and the most drastic remedies are long overdue, not quibbling about bond terms. Civic Federation and Civic Committee have become nearly worthless, being dominated by crony capitalists, lefties and cowards.
Best plan for Chicago is bankruptcy to eliminate the massive pension debt and renegotiate all contracts.
It won’t eliminate pension debt and you can renegotiate contracts when they are up. CTU members are currently working without a contract and in the process of negotiating a new one. Do you actually think this renegotiation will actually result in a less expensive contract? None of what you ever recommend will be a magic pill for Chicago even though you repeat them constantly.