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.
Ralph is getting bored.
Oh brother. Isn’t part of the American Dream not being obligated to work for the rest of our lives to support State Union Members? Working till age 75 so that State Employees can retire at age 48 sounds more like a nightmare than the American Dream.
Hahahaha that’s funny. A few years back I was in Minnesota and some jerk was using his sweet sweet power boat in an area of the lake that prohibited motors. When he came back in there was a CFD sticker on the back of the boat. He talked for a few seconds and I assumed, most likely correctly, that he was a retired CFD guy, in his mid-50’s, living the good life with his power boat all summer long in northern Minnesota. I turned to the guy next to me and told him about Chicago CFD pensions and how much… Read more »