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.
But what do you do with a departing county’s pro rata part of its massive state debt obligation?
According to Democrats, these counties are ‘moochers’ and ‘net takers’ from Springfield, so reliving the state’s duty to support these counties should result in a net benefit. In short, it’s like shedding dead weight for them!
We’ve always assumed they would be taking a proportional share of the debt with them, like an evil dowry.
Thanks.