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.
Zero mention by city housing commissioner that maybe, just maybe the astronomical prop taxes to pay for all are city worker/ zero layoff /heros (40% maken $100gs+) could possibly have anything to do with the lack of affordable housing? Affordable house is just a systemic racist /blm issue (code for –tax payers prepare to bend over en grab there ankles to fix).
There’s probably half a million illegal immigrants in Chicago alone including their family members. That’s hundreds of thousands of housing units in desirable areas, like Pilsen, Back of the Yards, Gage Park, Hermosa, and so on, that are not only off the market to actual american-born citizens, but are essentially “no go” areas for many african-americans due to gang conflicts, especially if an older ‘civilian’ household member has a gang-member resident, like son, step-son, god son, brother, uncle, etc, living with them. Get rid of the illegals and free up hundreds of thousands of housing units. Suddenly, AFFORDABLE HOUSING EVERYWHERE!… Read more »