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.
A+ plus from John Kass, kudos for calling out the cultural Marxism in society today. He is the only reason I subscribe to Chicago Tribune. If they mute him, I will be gone. I hope he reads Wirepoints.
Cancel your subscription today. You need to stop feeding the beast. You can still read Kass online. Just load up his column and when you reach the paywall, go into ‘reader mode’ on your browser (look it up). Then hit refresh on your browser and the column will appear ad free, paywall free on your screen. This is how you stop feeding the beast. Kass will be just fine when the Trib goes under. It’s the hacks like Zorn that will be grooming my dog.