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.
Astounding that Covid Pandemic has legitimized rent-delinquent tenants to remain rent-free in their homes while landlords are left uncompensated and yet still stuck with tax bill, utility charges, and often mortgage cost too. Many Chicago residential landlords are owner-occupants of their two-flats and three-flats, now stuck with emboldened delinquent tenants, with no recourse for eviction award.
Where is the free legal aid for Landlords who have to deal with tenants who will not pay their rents or destroy the places that are being rented to them?
People who failed to pay rent they could afford while relying on eviction moratorium should be blackballed and landlords should have the right to take them to court and examine their finances. Getting that type of opportunist out of the rental market would make things better for both landlords and other tenants.
Do the owners of a property who do not have renters get free legal advice if they cannot pay or are behind in their property taxes and may face a tax sale.? Interest on late fees amount to 1.5% per month or 18% per year which is close to credit card fees. .
IANAL but here is a free legal advice: PAY YOUR TAXES hahahha