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.
Wirepoints, if you were serious about getting folks to the polls, why not post a calendar and addresses?
How many people actually know the details of the referendum trying to get passed. In Rockford the last time the city tried to pass the home rule it was defeated by having lots of opposition. They were reminding people when Rockford had home rule decades ago how many taxes were raised without any voter approval. Also with increases in sales tax it is promoted by the city to get necessary repairs like I believe in Freeport where they would use the money to repair roads. But no one asked where is all the money going with the increase in gas… Read more »