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.
Need an automatic escalator locking in pricing increases for the RTA and not stick it to the rest of the state that doesn’t use it.
Not a single mention of any cost cutting or efficiencies. Only various additional taxes and re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. And Pravda (Sun-times) doesn’t even ask the question about efficiencies, but talks about concerns over restaurants. One could almost think it’s a vast conspiracy to keep you slaves fat, dumb and content with your bread and circuses while they quietly steal your wealth in ways you may not notice. If you’re a producer and not a leech you probably wonder why you can’t get ahead. You’re swimming against a tax under-tow you don’t see. Swim sideways. You may… Read more »
Or….they could get the knife out and right-size the budget. Why does it always come down to raising taxes?
A good start would be to close as many schools as it takes to fill up the remaining schools. Then sell those buildings, ideally to the Teachers’ union because they think they own them anyway. Over time, this budget will feel more comfortable, because the Chicago population, and the school enrollment, will continue to fall. It’s not going to magically turn around…..certainly not with Democrats running it.
Time for some realism and some real leadership.
It’s so hard reading and writing about how stupid and pathetic this mayor is. Is anyone else worn out ?. Thanks Stacey for putting this braindead Pinhead in charge