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.
Venice, Illinois is in the dictionary as a description of the word dump
Venice is getting a new school for its 90 something student body courtesy of the state taxpayers as well. Another dark hole here in downstate for money to disappear easily confirmed by a look at the schools report card. Investing in failure the Illinois way.
I give it a year
Make book on 10 months
Not as long as JB is in office. They won’t be able to admit failure so they’ll just throw more money at it. Definitely not before November 2026. Must be new to Illinois or politics in general.
See TIF-funded local groceries in Woodstock for past performance indicative of future results.
So one day Lucky says no government run grocers and the next day pretends to shovel dirt at one supported with taxpayer money. Forked tongue.
Apparently it isn’t “government run,” just “government-subsidized.” I wonder what the specific financial arrangements are.