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.
The 20% positive rate is a little discouraging. I kind of wish everyone had it because it would be good evidence of a low mortality rate and quickly get herd immunity. The next hope will be the anti-body test, maybe most of us have already had this back in January, February, and this latest strain is more virulent but burning out hot and fast. Get this over by June.
Don’t be distracted by that 20% rate, which means nothing. Testing is still being given on a very limited basis focused on those who show symptoms, are in high risk groups, etc. I have the directive dated today that went to providers re who gets tested. It is still very limited.
Yes, but the rates is still only 20% among those high risk and symptomatic and suspect groups. If the disease is not running rampant among suspected groups and high risk groups, then it’s not now likely running rampant out in the general population either. Hopefully the antibodies show that most of us have already had it, and this low positive rate is a reflection that we are close to burning out.