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.
I encourage everyone to read this great article, especially the comment from “jdm” comparing the demise of Minneapolis to Chicago. I had never heard of the “Curley Effect”, but it accurately explains the intentional, yes intentional, destruction of Chicago by its current leaders.