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.
Collective bargaining negotiations — if done right — generally become a give and take situation. One side demands something, and the other side demands something it wants. They trade. One side might get a little more in a final contract, just due to the ebbs and flows of the room that negotiators have. I thought Rahm was bad, but Lightfoot and her team is getting taken, here. What has the City and the taxpayers gotten out of this? Anything at all? How about merit reviews? Less obstacles to firing? Shoot, more instructional time? Anything? God forbid, lower costs? Maybe even… Read more »
Collective bargaining negotiations — if done right — generally become a give and take situation. One side demands something, and the other side demands something it wants. They trade. One side might get a little more in a final contract, just due to the ebbs and flows of the room that negotiators have. I thought Rahm was bad, but Lightfoot and her team is getting taken, here. What has the City and the taxpayers gotten out of this? Anything at all? How about merit reviews? Less obstacles to firing? Shoot, more instructional time? Anything? God forbid, lower costs? Maybe even… Read more »