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.
Doesn’t help that local residents over and over again vote in favor of hundred million dollar school bond referendums, or new pools, or community centers. People complain all the time about local taxes here, but then when you asked them how they voted for the school bond referendum, they of course said they did. Because it’s for the children! I have kids in the public schools and still voted against the bond.
Don’t forget many who vote for these increases are school district employees and their families who probably outnumber other voters especially when put on March primaries when voter turnout is historically low. Years ago then Gov. Chris Christie had school referendums put in the Nov election instead of March because of higher turnout and more time for the public to digest what they wanted. This was in an old Imprimis article.