Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 25, 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.
CORRECTION: The unions get all this money, at union wages. The tax payers get asphalt and concrete.
If I may add including healthcare/overtime by the boatload/probably non-competitive bidding/very few minority contracts/pensions and the taxpayer foots the entire bill. On a side note. Is there anything in the $45B boondoggle about using less corrosive road salts that are eating up our vehicles and roads. Any reimbursement for rust? I read a while back that damage is around a billion or more to vehicles from rust and potholes. Not sure if that’s true. I drive 2 tons of rust with 4 wheels.