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.
Property tax’s are higher than the mortgage hear in Rockford. There were no breaks of any kind given to homeowners. With interest rate at historic lows many could still afford the mortgage but not the tax’s. You can negotiate with the lender but not with tax’s. Rockford allowed partial payments for the first time for tax’s but you still must pay in full by due date. Does not help at all. Look at all the shopping malls and businesses closed but tax’s must be paid. Tax’s are approx $44,300 per million value here or 4.4% total. So how as a… Read more »