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.
Interesting that WTTW sees a tax hike as a way to help victims of the looting and riots. Not surprising that the “beneficiaries” did not see it that way.
I am really torn here with some diametrically opposed considerations. I used to come from Deerfield into the downtown for a good time. My current wish is to help the businesses survive. The big but in this equation is the disappearance of personal of personal safety anywhere in the city, but especially in the downtown area. I’m not as young as I used to be and I don’t think I could fight my way out of trouble anymore. After carefully weighing the two considerations Wifey and I have decided we won’t be coming back. It doesn’t help that the mayor… Read more »
Why should landlords pay a civil unrest tax?