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.
Another example in a long line of Dems who fail upward. Solves nothing in Chicago, runs away as fast as he can, then gets an all expenses paid vacation in Japan.
If Rahm hadn’t buried the Laquan McDonald story for a few years by paying $5 million in hush money to his “family”, perhaps George Floyd would still be alive. But Rahm had an election to win, so cultural awakening had to wait awhile. I still can’t think of a more reprehensible individual than good old Rahm.