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 dumbing down of Illinois continues. It’s a race to the bottom now. The states that are smart enough to avoid this garbage (Red states) will win long term, or maybe even short term. Progressive policies go bad very quickly, as evidenced by the Dementia Joe administration.
Bob Schaeffer, executive director of FairTest.org, says the change in policy by Illinois public colleges levels the playing field for students who can’t afford the testing fees and who can’t spend the money to take pricey test prep classes. ~~~~This makes no sense. The state gives the SAT for free. The ACT costs $85. But that’s too expensive. When IL colleges cost $20,000 a year with room and board. “Everyone knew that well-to-do kids had a leg up in the college admissions process,” Schaeffer told The Center Square. The Varsity Blues college admissions scandal demonstrated how the testing process could… Read more »