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.
If they weren’t expecting it – how about they just give it back?
These state grants to NGO nonprofits are out of control.
With fraud no less.
She should team up with the folks at Lincoln College that have collected a couple of million for a school that’s been closed for almost two years. That’s a lot of taxpayers revenue not being wasted as mandated by the free spending Marxists. Can’t have that in IL , now can we?
All of this state spending comes from taxpayers. These “donations” are made to tax-exempt organizations. We, the effective donors, should be allowed to report these forced contributions to “charitable” organizations as a tax deductible expense.
The major beneficiaries of these tax-payer donations are the staffs of the charities themselves. It’s odd that there are no employees among the State of Illinois’ 55,340 person workforce who can directly fund actual recipients rather than sending the money to these middle-man distribution centers. Every layer of “charity” takes some off the top, leaving less and less for the actual people in need.
You already get to write off these expenses on your federal tax return. They fall under the SALT deductions. Now you can deduct up to 40k per year instead of 10k per year. You didn’t make “forced” contributions but rather you paid state of Illinois taxes.
It depends on the taxpayer situation. Charitable cash gifts are deductible up to 60% of adjusted gross income (AGI). You can only deduct SALT subject to the limitations. And, I would rather choose the charity to which I donate. Focus on state governance and let taxpayers decide which charities to benefit.
Yes because you didn’t donate any money. You paid taxes. You don’t get to choose where every dollar goes when it comes to your taxes. You elect leaders who decide. Of course you would rather choose where your money went. That’s not how taxes work.
Oh and that limitation, that was implemented during Trumps 2016 tax cut. Sure it’s bigger now but if you have an issue with that you should take it up the the Republican Party. Many Republicans want to remove the deduction entirely to own the blue states.