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.
There was an article posted last year, maybe here or on IL policy from a black business owner who relocated to Georgia because their restrictions were less onerous on small business startups.
Besides Wirepoints, this is the only other article discussing Adjusted Gross Income leaving Democrat led states.
This is paywalled, here is the whole article: Migrant Flights Obscure the Real DeSantis Divide The governor has noted a historic shift that no political outrage will change. “What phenomenon of our time produces more falsity than any other? The list of contenders is long but we have a winner—political outrage. These days it surges by the minute. The past week produced faux political outrage for the record books when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. California Gov. Gavin Newsom called it “almost monstrous,” adding, “I say that quite thoughtfully.” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre likened… Read more »