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.
What’s insulting to the Chicago taxpayer is Chicago offering anything more to the CTU over what CTU members already have, which is a fantastic salary and benefits package for a nine-month-a-year job. Many Chicagoans who work a full year would love to have such a package. Chicago resident taxes and user fees are already too high; any increase in salary or benefits to CTU members makes a horrible situation for the Chicago resident worse.