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.
The mayor’s squad have a hard enough time staying below 80, how are they going to deal with 25 ?
I don’t go there, but I didn’t realize that Chicago enforced any speed limit.
So the out of towners and responsible drivers can now subsidize the no license, no insurance, no registration crowd even further. Nice.
It’s about revenue, not safety. And how is “equity” an issue if it’s the same speed limit for all and every driver chooses to control their speed?
Equity means enforcing laws unequally.
The REAL underlying reason is not safety but more revenue from speeding tickets.
Might as well go back to the horse and buggy days.
Remember the scene at the beginning of “Office Space” where Peter is in his car in traffic, and the old guy with the walker is moving faster than Peter?