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.
Right size to their remaining ridership must precede any talk of more money thrown their way. The 50% farebox coverage of operating costs must be enforced.
Transit authorities need to cut wasteful spending, cut political hires, and stop spending money they don’t have. Stopping crime on mass transit would be good too. Not another dime should be given to transit until they behave financially responsibly. Mass transit management should be held accountable first.