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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
Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
… Johnson may take another stab …
This could have been phrased better.
We could sell empty school buildings ,consolidate classes let teachers go and Bring Chicago Home
Are they not aware of what’s happening in CA? A millionaire’s tax that is driving businesses and money people to FL. Billions in revenue gone. As much as I like laughing at the follies of Pritzker and Johnson, the Chicago I grew up in is going, going, gone. But the residents who stay deserve what they get.
What causes an affordability crisis? Could it be the over 50 tax increases in Pritzker and Johnson’s latest budgets? Most to be paid by the average resident. I’d like to know how much these tax increases cost each person this year,
Another TAX for political animals who can’t manage the confiscated taxpayer funds they already steal.
Another let’s TAX to get MONEY 💰. How about cutting taxes and jobs to REDUCE THE BUDGET ??