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.
Chicago transit ridership:
At its peak: 659.0 million rides in 2012.
Where it is in 2024: 366.3 million rides.
A 44% drop.
Service cuts. Now.
Just because people order on line, that doesn’t give the state the right to tax to bailout the fiscally irresponsible RTA. Require that RTA reorganize to eliminate waste and become more efficient first.
affable insanity this is how to describe
what this Chicago tax frenzy is like.
Sharks circling an injured prey, hey
Chicago keep your greasy hands out of the suburbs pockets, we might start putting
mousetraps in there.