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.
The PBGC is pure vote buying t its finest. While it is unfortunate for the miners one should consider that the pension is a UMWA issue and the union members should have simply elected officers that were more fiscally responsible.
This is something which has always aggravated me about unions. The rank and file members tend to put entirely too much stock in their elected officials who more often than not are cleaning up at their expense.
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Where’s the 401(k) bailout?
I feel bad for these pensioners, but that’s why their pensions are covered under PBGC. If they wanted better coverage, they should have paid for it: