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.
This is a big victory if accurate. The Chicago workers’ comp system was a utterly corrupt before.
Having worked in the field of worker’s compensation for a few decades, I can assure you it’s an attorney-centric system where the only winners are workers comp attorneys – both sides, plaintiff and defendant.
Years back some reforms improved the system a bit, but it has a long way to go before the act truly protects both the injured workers and employers.
Too many spurious claims are honored and fraud isn’t punished.
It’s also one of the most expensive in the country. Workers compensation premiums in a so-called high risk injury are upwards of a third of an employees salary. I’ve been told, but can’t verify, that it costs $20k a year a premiums for a construction worker with a $60k a year salary.