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.
Cash bail is down, crime is up.
Cash bail or jail time for someone living paycheck to paycheck is obviously a problem.
But it is probably no coincidence that “reform” has coincided with increased crime, and that is before cash bail is eliminated entirely.
The proposed solution will no doubt be more government programs and funding.