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.
It’s not just the tax sales which contribute to theft of equity it’s the high property taxes themselves that lead to loss of potential gains in equity. Theft of Equity by excessive taxation should be a crime. My home value in Rockford has gone nowhere from $185K in 2007 wait a moment to a whopping $211K in 2023. A whole $26K in 16 years or $1,625.00 per year. Yippee! In the meantime I pay on average over $7K in taxes or $112K total since 2007. In most other parts of the country with low taxes property value skyrocketed so selling… Read more »
A decision that has been long overdo.