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.
Illinois is one big pyramid scheme. They can’t get enough of freebies from the federal government. They hate $82 million in interest, but apparently love BILLIONS in pension debt. Seems as if the priorities are a little out of whack.