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.
This is actually old news to anyone who has paid attention. Since at least the Emanuel years , hirengs have not kept up with retirements.
Gene Roy, LOL, SMH. Does anybody know what a clout baby is?
Deliberate shrinkage. Lori looks at the CPD budget and dreams about how many friends she could buy. Porky told her buying friends was the only way to go when you’re universally despised.
What a surprise. Who could have predicted that when cops are devalued and demonized, they will seek opportunities elsewhere?
Apparently things are proceeding exactly as the progressives wanted.