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.
As a rule of thumb, expect IL and Chicago budget estimates of major projects to be 100 to 1,000 percent low. If the final cost of a such a major project is only twice as much as initially estimated, that would be what we call a good estimate.
Sanctuary State + Sanctuary City = Sanctuary Shit Show
When the long depression hits and state revenue drops, and native unemployment reaches 10%, these ‘migrants’ are going to be very unwelcome.
They are not welcome NOW.