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.
Rivian is hemorrhaging money. The more they sell, the more they lose. Don’t worry says Pritzker, they’ll make it up in volume!
Two guys wanted to sell watermelons so they bought a cart and paid $2 for each melon. They sold them for $1 each. At the end of the day they found out they lost money. So the one guy turns to the other and says. Why don’t we buy a bigger cart? The other guy says. Now your talking.