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.
“Right now, we cannot afford to expand tax breaks to businesses that already receive tax breaks,” Pritzker said in a statement. “As we recover from the pandemic, we must focus on job creation …”
But, if these businesses move out of state because of unfavorable tax policies, where will these jobs be created in IL? Oh, yeah; I forgot. The death spiral continues.
Ah, Democrats doing what Democrats do. Well, gotta keep the public employee unions fed, right? That’s first priority.