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.
Why? The mandates have been lifted in Chicago, the CDC agrees, why continue the proof of vaccine mandate requirements?
Am I missing something?
I know chicago theaters are keeping the requirement because their patrons are mostly far left and elderly. These old people erroneously believe that vaccines stop the spread of coronavirus. As I saw someone mention (maybe here, even) that modern theater exists only to affirm the far left progressive beliefs of their patrons, and nothing more. The theater industry hopes the vaccine mandates are enough to lure the quadruple vaxxed, triple masked wearing leftist old fogeys out of their gold coast condos for the first time in two years.
It’s good to know the United Center is “following the science” … at least I’ll be able to use up those free test kits (thanks Joe!) on the kids.