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.
Yep, one of the highest tax jurisdictions in the country for living taxpayers and it’s still not enough..
The state needs more tax revenue not less. I’m all for eliminating this tax but where are we going to add a tax to make up for it along with the additional taxes needed to fix our structural deficits.
I don’t think this is on JB’s to do list.