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.
I see some genuine need here, but also dependency and “learned helplessness”. Gail Godwin: “…also wants to have her own place in case her children or grandchildren ever fall on hard times. In late October, a grandson was staying temporarily with Goodwin…” These adult children need to earn their own keep and stop sponging off of grandma, they’ll denude her of every cent if she lets them…
Also, rent is mentioned by all of these three – a better idea would be to pay that $500.00 directly to landlords/utility providers…
Far left academic researchers are closely monitoring the programs, and will deem them huge successes regardless of the outcome