Frank is a gas lighting jag bag.
That explains why business and people are flocking to Illinois.
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Yeah, and my favorite places (restaurant and stores) on the Magnificent Mile are now closed and stores continue to be vandalized and held up.
Frank has never had a for-profit job in “the real world” in his life....
Guy is living in acamdemia fantasy land.
The gift that keeps on giving was putting Illinois in our rearview mirror back in 2002
Let’s get a vote on that from the peeps in Illinois
IL is 47th in population growth, and 31st in econ growth rate.
Who voted, I wonder, for Jay Prixter.
Sounds like someone has decided spout statistics and hope people confuse that with facts. I’ve little doubt that New York could publish an article just like this and make it sound even more impressive.
Illinois has a population of 13 million. The populations of Alaska, North Dakota, and South Dakota total less than 2.5 million, for one point of comparison. Great selection of comparators there, you “gaslighting jag bag.”
I’ll have what he’s having. Even from the southern tip of the state I can see it ain’t so.
The Daily Herald is an arm of the DuPage County Democrats
That’s more than all the goods and services produced every year in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Alaska combined!
Lol
A better comparison would be to look at GDP per capita, and the rate of GDP growth vs other states. Illinois is doing fairly well, as it has a large economy to begin with and change costs are a big factor.
The individual tax burden, family reasons, and the fact that is snows are why people are leaving states like Illinois. Enjoy them, Texas, Florida, et al.
So it’s not bankrupt these days?
The next headline will be:
The San Francisco and Kalifornia Tent Economy Is Thriving.
People are flocking to Illinois over the yearly gas tax increases. Not one road in my area has been repaired.
IL raises a LOT of corn and soybeans. For many years has been 1st or 2nd in the nation in those two crops.
That tells us nothing about the trend. I assume the same was true 10 or 20 years ago. I would guess that Illinois ranked higher than that in the past. I'm sure they weren't lower.
Indeed, according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Illinois’ economy has expanded by $217 billion over the past five years. That’s more than all the goods and services produced every year in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Alaska combined. Put simply, our businesses, workers, residents, and visitors have added the equivalent of three states to our economy in just five years.
Again, that tells us nothing about the trend. That was probably at least as high 20 years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if Illinois grew by the equivalent of the output of those states every four years instead of five back then.
To summarize, he is writing for stupid people.