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.
Did not need a study for this, been living it for years.
Not shocking at all. Everyone of those officials probably have a rainy day fund like Burke and Madigan
The average Illinois tax payer gets little to nothing for the taxes taken from them. Most people see maybe road maintenance (that stinks), perhaps some law enforcement, snow plowing…well, thats about it day to day. Nothing more.
More and more of the budget is going to pay for overly generous pensions. This will not change for generations to come. It is cast in stone in the Illinois constitution. If you do not like it the only choice is to move to another state.