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.
The Big Rotten Apple!
Why wait? New York’s very own Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the queen of clueless socialism, is surely ready to cut the ribbon on the grand franchise of Chicago-style school mismanagement. With her starry-eyed visions of utopia and a flair for making ignorance sound inspirational, she’ll be the perfect figurehead to usher in a new era of taxpayer-funded chaos. Who better to champion the cause than someone who believes budgets are mere suggestions and success is measured in hashtags? Step right up, AOC—it’s time to bring the Chicago Teachers Union’s magic to the Big Apple.
They will be successful. It NYC.
Well, that sucks.