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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Rationale statements, and thats great for a change. But you left out a few critical elements. How do we pay for this stuff? So…items you left out of your comments: (1) immediate need for pension constitutional amendment and immediate action; (2) real corruption reform (cause right now ie $10 of taxes only get you i.e. $1 of taxpayer services); and (3) real governance of the public sector, especially property taxes (and unemployment payments). Businesses need to join with the regular taxpayers to get this place cleaned up –fast, cause days of hiring a part time legislator/prop tax attorney to get… Read more »