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.
Gosh, why hasn’t anybody ever suggested job training programs before? Oh wait…
Released felons aren’t unemployed. They are employed but just not in a measure captured by the U3 Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. They work in the black market hustling or committing more crimes. Many times, it’s a lifestyle thing. Working 9-5 for the man for minimum wage is hard work. Hustling in the black market means choosing your own hours, being your own boss and not having to file taxes.