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.
Cook County/Chicago will get all the major projects because that is the base of the democrap strangle hold on Illinois. The rest of the state, not so much.
I’m guessing that the suburbs will grab a big share. Suburbs require far more roads and infrastructure than compact cities.
Make sure the roads leading out of the state are in good condition.
The comment of the day.
Would be great if these funds actually got to infrastructure. A large portion of this will likely be spent on salaries for “committees” figuring out how best to waste it. It certainly shouldn’t go to the Tollway Authority – they have their own billions that is never returned to taxpayers in the forms of lower tolls.