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.
The National Republican Party needs to get more involved here, and help the feckless Republicans. No more Allen Keyes running against Obama for the senate. It really won’t take that much effort to move the needle here.
The RNC needs to have qualified candidates. They also need to infuse funds to combat Pritzker’s billions. RNC needs to stop writing off IL constituents and investigate the Dems corruption.
Gerrymandering also has a downside that few discuss regularly. Republicans won around 44% of the vote and only have 3 of the 17 seats. Yes, democrats gerrymandered the state to gain more seats but they also made more districts competitive or at least possible for the GOP to capture. If Republicans could improve their statewide performance from 44% to 50%, they could capture the governors office. If they improved 6 points in each of the current gerrymandered districts, they could gain about 7 seats and control 10 of the 17 districts. Gerrymandering isn’t stopping change in Illinois but rather the… Read more »
I don’t think that Mr. George understands the dynamics of a state such as IL that has gerrymandered Dems into power and stays under the Dem thumb through its largesse to unions and lifelong welfare recipients.
Yes but for a Governor or Senator, gerrymandering is irrelevant.
I like this guy! Let’s do this!