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.
Always good to hear a peep from Edgar who gave us the Edgar ramp that was a majopr move into getting the State into the mess it is in today.
He did convert McCormick Place into a hospital with a full staff to handle 17 COVID patients. He didn’t become a captain of industry by just throwing money around.
Pritzker needs to firmly address pensions and property taxes with a fix not a promise, no rhetoric, but a fix a strong fix and maybe re-election will be within reach, be a take charge guy like the article mentions. If Pritzker needs something to run on its these top two issues don’t even bother running with, look how I handled COVID-19 my response was stellar wrong Pritzker all you were and are is a finger pointer and followed other politicians leadership ideas, your idol governor Cuomo of New York is one remember you signally destroyed Illinois even further with your… Read more »