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.
Too many retailers selling essentially the same items, too much retail space for the too many retailers (too many vacant malls, strip malls and big box stores too), too many restaurants serving too few people in this state. The industry has been overblown for a long time now. The red death is only the catalyst to hasten the end of their years of misery. There’s only so many times I can eat out in a week, only so much junk I can buy at the store, and only so many service experiences (haircuts, salons, massages, dog grooming) I need in… Read more »