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.
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an editorial about the unemployment fraud in California. The common thread in all of this is that it is Trump’s fault for asking the States to enforce their own laws.
“You can fool some of the people all of the time!!”
My experience, fwiw: Fraudulent claims were filed in my name in two states, Illinois and Kentucky. Illinois had a process in place for me to tell them that the claim was fraudulent, and notified me that my benefit would amount to zero dollars. Kentucky said I am entitled to $569/week. Their letter provided an email address which is invalid. Their web site offers a phone number which is unable to take messages due to “high call volume.” Their site also has a banner “click here to report unemployment insurance fraud,” which is a 404/not found. They did provide a fax… Read more »
Everything leads back to IDES – they can stop it, or be part of it.
What do we expect when we elected a governor who pulled a toilet out of his house to lower his property tax bill. He obviously likes his fraud. The rest of the state is not run by people with solid experience, but by people with connections. And voters seem to like this setup. They don’t worry. Illegit Joe will bail them out.