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“I warned that there would be truly unprecedented challenges because Donald Trump and the Republican Congress are costing the state over $8 billion,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “It's hurting families and businesses alike and that puts a greater burden on our state budget.”
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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
Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Just added 780 MILLION DOLLARS N NEW TAXRS . Stole 3 BILLION FROM THE MOTOR FUEL FUND AND GAVE IT TO THE RTA !!
If JB and Democrats want to reinstate Federal funding, IL needs to follow Federal laws. IL needs to release voter roles , Medicaid participants, HUD recipient rolls, and SNAP beneficiaries. They won’t. What fraud are they covering up?
And yet the Lead Story here in Wirepoints, per a Pew Research article, states that, “Federal grants to Illinois increased 75% from 2019 to 2024, the 8th highest percentage growth in the nation.”
Naturally, IL’s Government grew on those COVID Funds, which are now no longer being distributed.
However, IL doesn’t Want to cut back those Government Jobs & Entitlements that Democrat Voters depend upon, so Taxes are raised on Everyone Else.
This isn’t Trumps fault. It’s Illinois wasteful spending by Democrats who feel our money is there money. Before you blame anybody. Look into a Mirror
10 years ago I LOVED IT every time a politician blamed Barack Hussain Bomama for everything that went wrong. Bomama got blamed for everything, stuff that wasn’t even his fault. Republicans blamed him for the weather, they blamed him for sunspots, they blamed him for everything bad and wrong with the world, solely for the purpose of associating that man’s name with bad things. JB Pritzker is doing the exact same thing with PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump that Republicans did for 8 years during Bomama. Just this week, President Trump blasted Barack Hussain Bomama for appointing a judge that ruled… Read more »