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.
Who are the economics superstars behind “Woke” Capital? Or, fake-progressive “”Woke” Capital Illinois style? hasn’t all that MMT garbage been discredited? Or maybe, here in Illinois we got are own (“sure can count”) Ralph Martie superstar from CTBA & mighty Roosevelt Univ econ dept to make the bs all go down like a spoon full of sugar?
My law school professor was a truly great person. Former head of the FTC and tolerant of all points of view. He was liberal, but today would probably be seen as center right. He complimented the Chicago school for making the profession think about their priorities in enforcement and regulation, stating the exchange of ideas made us all better. Can you imagine a law school professor saying such a thing today?