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.
Server Luis is right. If the D’s pass this bill, and restaurant prices go up, those that continue to patronize restaurants will have the perfect rational to tip zero. All will know the wages were pushed up by the D’s. And with the public now fed up with requests for a tip everywhere they purchase services, overcoming the emotional argument against tipping zero is much easier.