Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 25, 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.
The real problem is not that individuals are receiving these benefits legally. The problem is that the benefit design that alllows excessive early benefits in a defined benefit plan.. And that is controlled by the legislative leaders. Past and current. It is like chastising individuals for legally reducing their taxes by using allowable deductions. It is ultimately the legislature and executive branch that determines what is allowable. The pursuit of self interest is given. Where was the media when the benefits were first put in place? Where was the media when it was clear decades ago the benefits were actuarially… Read more »