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
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
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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.
These people are unable to connect the dots as to why their taxes have gotten so high.
So, the Cook County method of assessing property taxes reasons that when people and businesses are willing to pay more than used to have to be paid to live in a particular area, then the value of the properties already there, but not yet sold, have also increased. Of course, aside from immediately due taxes, the increased value of your home doesn’t really mean anything to you, unless you actually sell your home and take the cash. Until you make that decision, you must pay property taxes on the increased value of your home, even though you have as yet… Read more »
Crooked County is determined to wipe out the working class, middle class
That’s the fundamental transformation. You’ll have nothing and be happy like former citizens of the Soviet Union.