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 broke. It can’t afford its current bills. Meanwhile, Illinois political animals keep dreaming up new piles of cash for friends and family to grift on.
Illinois needs to cut spending. Right now.
Our wonderful downstate Republican who wants more money for foster care, more money for certain carcer care now says she stands for lowering our taxes too. Imagine that proposing more spending while proclaiming the virtues of cutting taxes at the same time. The woman must be one heck of a magician and with her skills she would make for a great Illinois Democrat.