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.
Don’t bet on it. How many Democrats from Chicago voted for JB. Some how some way more money will be diverted to Chicago. It always does always will.
Another block buster must read by Bauer–“43% of all public pension plans in the United States are Illinois”–unbalievable insanity!!!!
The 43% figure is probably bogus because it uses 1,511 public pension plans in the United States. The 1,511 source is a 2012 report by Marquette Associates for COGFA. “According to publicly available data, there are 1,511 public pension plans in the United States. With 657 public pension plans, Illinois has the largest number of public pension funds in the country.” In a December 11, 2013 report, Illinois Policy Institute calculated the 43% via division: 657 / 1,511 = 43%. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-has-43-of-the-countrys-public-pension-plans But Marquette Associates didn’t document the source(s) of the “publicly available data” in its report. http://cgfa.ilga.gov/Upload/Feb2012MarquetteAssocStudyforCGFA.pdf The US Census… Read more »