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.
How can this be if the residents all voted Democratic and pay high taxes?
Bucktown residents, I’ve got some bad news for you. Your state lawmakers have deigned you “involuntary reparations contributors.”
Long term, you could start voting Republican and your situation may improve several generations from now.
It’s a damn shame they paid big money for all their fancy Bucktown homes and have to make it home before sunset when all the thugs come out.
I would suggest they watch the Omega Man with Charlton Heston to see their future.
Smells like astroturf. That meeting should have been packed.