Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 25, 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.
“Illinois chronic under-spending….” ???
Illinois does under-spend, our state parks and facilitates are garbage, and we don’t spend enough for other services. Our crown jewel – Illinois State Beach – is a dump. Because there’s little money left over for basic stuff after paying the pensions, medicaid, and the interest on our debt.
Uh oh, Ralph is peddling pension re-amortization again. His chart looks great until you read the fine print: 72% target funding in 2045 instead of 90% and we have to borrow money via risky POB’s to even get that close.
Re-amortization = can kick.
This article proves that the term “progressive think tank” is an oxymoron.