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.
The reality is that there are hundreds of thousands of individuals within Chicago’s city limits who simply refuse to comply with parking and traffic laws. Anyone who has visited Chicago knows this. Yes, the laws are strict, arbitrary and capricious. And because certain people flat out refuse to follow the law, they enacted an extremely punitive and painful penalty system to force people to pay their tickets. They’ll even impound your car and charge you ten thousand dollars for $500 in underlying tickets. STOP GETTING TICKETS AND PAY THE ONES YOU HAVE. I don’t know the answer. Chicago is stuck… Read more »