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.
Who are these people that just don’t get it? No legislator from Chicago in either house in his right mind is going to vote for anything that helps the Bears move out of Chicago. “Making Chicago Whole” is not a palatable replacement for losing a team. Is any legislator from Chicago going to tell his constituents “I voted for the Bears to leave Chicago because they gave us our money back on the old stadium?” What? The infrastructure costs in Arlington Heights are a deal killer. And there is zero market for the commercial or residential parts of the development… Read more »