Illinois is fifth worst. 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.
Pritzker and IL Democrats will blame it on PDJT for not increasing welfare and handouts.
JB will say it’s because Illinois is more frugal!
Another day, another Trust Fund baby lie exposed.
Expect Colorado to roll on with income gains. This would be due to ‘the rich’ fleeing Twosome Newsome’s California. Overpaid techies have a fondness for Colorado and its lax drug laws. Georgia pinning its hopes on EV sales are in for a shock, as expensive electric glorified golf carts have had their popularity fall off like Chicago transit revenue when Coof funds run out. Iowa nearly pacing Florida is interesting, as prudent productive taxpayers have fled to that Florida for nearly two decades straight. More recently, JB the Hutt and Mayor Cliff Notes have watched businesses flee Illinois for better… Read more »
At least we are top three in the country for most tax revenue lost to migration.
This was written before Putzger announced the cheese factory up north was adding 50 jobs. So the facts may be muddled
The facts might be curdled
If you factor in taxes, it is even lower. Not going to change anytime soon. The unfunded pension obligations is like trying to swim with cement shoes on.
Good point. As a wise man once said: It’s not how much you make, it’s how much you keep.