“Happy days are here again!
The skies above are clear again!”
“This is why people are moving out of the state,” said state Rep. Patti Bellock, a Hinsdale Republican who serves as the minority spokeswoman on the House Appropriations-Human Services Committee. “People are being taxed to death and they don’t want to put up with it because they don’t feel there is a good fiscal policy in our state.”
Published: 23 April 2013 01:42 PM
CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn says Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s visit to try to entice businesses away from Illinois is merely “an escapade” and Illinois can compete with any state.
The Chicago Democrat took some jabs at Perry, who’s in Illinois through Tuesday to lure jobs back to his home state.
source for the map?
I never got a Thank You card from Gov. Kasich either.
What good news!! Now they should raise taxes to 50% or 60% and all their problems will be solved!!!
Woot! Way to go Illinois! Try to double that this year!
“”Rising from $30.6 billion in 2011 to $36.4 billion in 2012, Illinois’ state tax increase”” resulted in layoffs and business closures. The $6 billion in additional taxes collected was used for unemployement payments, welfare payments, etc. In so many words raising taxes was a losing proposition.