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.
gotta love ‘progressive’ Illinois. Free tuition for half the state with median income below $61,000; and everyone else pays through the nose at $32,000 per year for tuition and room and board. There’s a reason why so many students leave the state for college – over 50% by last estimates – because with discounts, it’s often comparable, or even cheaper, to attend an out of state school. This is reflected in the ‘yield’ of ~25,000 admitted while only ~7,000 actually enrolled. Like the article points out “there’s still a lot of other students there who have many options ahead of… Read more »