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.
It would be nice if Pritzker made the actuarial contribution instead of following the Republican Jim Edgar and his horrible pension ramp. Since the voters don’t want to cut spending, does that mean Illinois Policy is onboard with raising taxes to cover this shortfall? Show where you are going to cut 5.4 billion or taxes need to increase. Deal with the pain now or it will be more painful later.
What the heck. It’s only 5 and a half billion! Any other media outlets other than Illinois Policy or Wirepoints focused on this? Of course not. The politicians who do this are disgraceful, but the media is just s much to blame.
JB the Hutt will call this sham budget balanced. The Hutt couldn’t successfully balance a check book but take his word for it.
Illinois elects its dumbest.