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.
“Let them eat Cake” famous last words.
Just like voter rolls, there needs to be a review of who is getting government handouts and SNAP is a six headed monster that is ripe for abuse. Federal law bans illegals from receiving benefits, but they can be included in determining a need for household aid. So even integrity-challenged Axios says 500K illegals are in Illinois, and including one illegal in a household with benefits could increase that payment by $200/mo or more if included in that household. That adds up to potentially $100 MILLION for the illegals – each month – in Illinois alone. This amount is suffocating… Read more »
Start charging people for aiding and abetting, enforce the law. The SNAP program is not perfect, but is not the source of our current problem.