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.
Do the juveniles at Crain’s even know what ‘stealth’ means? Do they fish? Do they know what a lure is?
The campaign to lure businesses away from Illinois is operated by the Illinois Democrat Party with some aid and abetting from the so-called loyal opposition. The campaign is hardly one of stealth. It’s quite overt, their every pronouncement and policy designed to antagonize business owners and taxpayers, as well as the sane.
What do the other states have to do to look better than Illinois? Observe what JB the Hutt and his henchmen do and simply do the opposite.
That’s a guest op-ed not theirs.
They are creating a progressive utopia. Sometimes you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette. There’s always going to be a lot of hiccups and setbacks along the way. Just ask Venezuela or South Africa.
Yeah Crains, it’s airline routes, not out of control Democrat union extortion rackets, high taxes, antibusiness legal framework, sky high worker comp rates, rampant corruption, crime….
Crains, the only business journal carrying the water for socialist Marxists.
Chairman Mao blamed sparrows for eating seeds when crops wouldn’t grow after disastrous commie agricultural reforms. Is blaming airline routes for a failing business environment really all that different?
Don’t need a stealth campaign. Corporate tax rates and no consequence crime are out there for everyone to see.
Chicago Is Losing Business Because Of Rules Governing DC Airport — REALLY? — Try Blaming The High Tax, High Regulation, Business Hostile Climate Created By Illinois Democrats