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.
Reading the article, it sounds like the city has given into thinking the problem is a spending problem and only is looking at it as a revenue problem. Perhaps they are just being realistic, but I don’t see how Peoria ever could collect enough revenue to pay the pension obligations. Even the mantra of soak the rich will not work because Peoria doesn’t nearly have enough rich people. Too bad – every former and current Illinois high school cross country athlete has fond memories of Peoria and Detwiler Park and has an emotional attachment to the sustainment of Peoria. Quite… Read more »