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.
What amazes me is that we’re usually in the top tier for taxes on everything (property, wireless, gasoline, sales, etc.) compared to the rest of the country and we’re still broke!
Reagan was right. Our government just spends too much.
Illinois is DOA. No hope for a balanced budget. The only hope is death or bankruptcy at this point. The more they raise taxes (and they will) the more people and business flee to another state. Crying shame what has destroyed Illinois is the greed of the government employees, the very people who claim to work for you.