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.
Follow the money, the consultants who devised the deal, the investors who bought into the deal, the bankers and lawyers who papered the deal. Common denominator: Daley Family!
I love the anti-trust angle on the lawsuit. I am anxious to see how that plays out.
I am not enthused over the prospects of the anti-trust claim. The investors would not have done the deal without exclusivity. The City entered into a stupid deal.
What’s the big deal? The situation was brokered by the Daley family that are Chicago’s most beloved citizens. There sure are a lot of people that voted for Daley like it or not.