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.
Public union pensions should be revised to be in line with private pensions. No more double and triple pensions.
They can take their pension and work another job that also offers a pension. Even if you stopped them in Illinois, they could simply take another job in the private sector or a public sector job out of state. Double and triple dipping pensions are not the cause of our pension debt. Instead of one guy with two pensions and healthcare benefits you would just have two people with one pension and two people with healthcare benefits.
It’s a great issue to rile up those jealous of pensions but wouldn’t save you any money.
Public Sector Unions and their symbiotic criminal collusion with Democrat AKA Communist politicians is the root cancer behind virtually ALL Blue states and cities financial catastrophes. With the taxpayer screwed. Know that Public Sector Unions are deeply unconstitutional and will soon be eliminated. For insight read “Not Accountable – Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions” by Phillip K Howard. PPF can bloviate until his head explodes that this position is unfair/illegal/violates the 1st Amendment/is trumped by IL Constitution, etc but this reality is coming soon to Illinois.
That darn 1st amendment allowing unions to be formed. Not to mention the Illinois Constitution that guarantees their right to collectively bargain. TPG found a book that says otherwise. Don’t listen to case law or the constitution. Just trust him. lol
Ahhhh. Right on schedule. The predictable bloviating. First Amendment certainly allows freedom of assembly and the Public Sector Union parasites can form any club that they choose. However the First Amendment DOES NOT guarantee collective bargaining for these club members. The arrogance and entitlement of these ticks is astounding. IL Constitutional clause will be negated by Supreme Court and the US Constitution.
Really good article.