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.
Pounce? Moribund Rhinos barely acknowledge deep dysfunction caused by Democrats’ control of major cities and Blue States.
Republicans pounce? (meh). Like they did on the spending budget?
aka “Republicans respond to things” or “Republicans notice things and talk about them”
I think a lot of the shift in attitude towards what is and is not permissible behavior is due to the fact everyone has cell phones and can document behavior. Even if they jam the towers people can upload it when they get home. Citizen journalists are doing what the traditional media used to do, reporting more than just the official narrative.
I can’t imagine where anybody would find material to support such a strategy.
You need to correct—-It’s a WSJ article not a WP article
Oops. Fixed.