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.
In the game Monopoly, there is a Community Chest card that requires the holder to pay a tax for not having a job. This is what is needed.
The death spiral of Chicago and Illinois
Yep, take from the makers and give to the takers.
Wait, shouldn’t only the amount above $1 million dollars be subject to the increased tax rate? Otherwise, someone who bought their home for $999,999 would pay $19,000 less in taxes.
Heck, why not 50%? 75%? 100%?