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.
WITH EVERY NEW TAX……POLITICIANS JUST RAISE THEIR SALARIES AND LEAVE CITIZENS IN THE DUST!!……..ESPECIALLY DEMS
Like most Democrats Johnson never saw a tax he didn’t like and in this case invent a new one. As is often the case new tax schemes do not pass legal muster but Johnson’s aspirations for more tax money continues as he seeks to pursue his goals of more taxes from the so called wealthy and soon to be wealthy as anyone who has bought a home in the past fifty years knows how homes appreciate in value during inflationary times. Should Johnson get his wishes it will become a tax on all homeowners which is fine with him as… Read more »
“ Didn’t accurately represent the city’s interests.” Newspeak for we didn’t get what we wanted and will fight until we do. We DEMAND it!