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.
On the one hand, she’s right, 2/3rd of the casino revenue is a tax. It discourages potential casino operators to begin with when 2/3rd of revenue is a tax. And the proposed locations of the casino is awful too in areas that will only attract locals. “This man, and I emphasize man, said, ‘I need your full attention’ when I went for my notepad to write a note to myself,” Lightfoot said about the exchange. “I thought that was rude and frankly sexist. And I’m not going to let anyone talk to me that way. Women are denigrated all the… Read more »