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.
build up the state’s Rainy Day fund to almost $2 billion — after it had been zeroed-out under Gov. Rauner. Martire just couldn’t resist another dig at Rauner, but again he leaves out context. Prior to Rauner, lllinois’ rainy day fund (aka Budget Stabilization Fund) was only $276 million and the majority of that money came not from sound fiscal practices but from the Big Tobacco settlement in 2001. Blago/Quinn only managed to add $50 million to the fund even though they had a giant tax hike to help them. And the fund only burned down because the rate expired… Read more »
In other words…tax the rich…