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.
Booming? Lol. Has anyone been to Texas or Oklahoma lately? THEY are booming.
Illinois will never have a “booming” industry. Any industry that starts to do well becomes a target. It will either get taxed or extorted until it is no longer booming.
You can always count on Illinois Leftist politicians to try to kill whatever Golden goose is around in the economy.
IUOE Local 399.
International Union of Operating Engineers.
Members are most predominantly heavy equipment operators, but they represent other classifications of employees too.