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.
I wasn’t aware that the neighbors ever ‘warmed up’ to the idea. Must have missed that.
Dulce Hogar Chicago from a dunce.
dumb question– who’s landing the $gigs$ running the empty cps schools converted to undocumented immigrant shelters? City workers?, Non-for-profits? SEIU?, CTU?, XYZ? etc…Are those jobs equitably going to systemically dis-invested community (i.e. black) members?
The voter’s of Chicago are Democrats. They voted for this so it is only fair that the Chicago taxpayers foot the bill on this one.
Lets face it, housing immigrant is possibly chicagos only NEW jobs growth industry (Chicago style)!! I’m shocked all the public sec ghouls aren’t out demanding all the jobs go to their members..