Report shows Illinois struggling to keep jobs

Center Square ^ | 6/5/23 | Andrew Hensel

[CFW]

High property taxes, the state tax on gasoline and Gov. J.B. Pritzker's handling of COVID-19 are all factors in the state's lack of job growth, according to an analyst.

A report by Wirepoints looks at Illinois' overall economic performance since Pritzker took office in 2019. The report shows 70,000 fewer jobs in that time frame and that its real GDP growth was 3.2% from 2019 to 2022, which ranked 10th worse in the country.

Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski told The Center Square that many factors have contributed to the lack of growth in jobs.

"We will never have the most jobs as long as we have the highest property taxes in the country. We will never have more jobs as long as we have the second-highest gas taxes in the country. We will never have more jobs if we have the biggest pension debt in the country, and we will never have more jobs if our home values continue shrinking relative to the rest of the country," Dabrowski said. "We have so many things that are wrong in Illinois."

[CFW]

I can't think of any very liberal Democrat that is efficient in governing. Not in a city, county, state or country. All make decisions based upon feelings or political expediency rather that facts and economic realities. Illinois will continue to lose residents and businesses for as long as democrats control the state.

[Paladin2]

“...the state tax on gasoline...”

Fortunately, I can easily cruise through the Ill State without having to buy any gas.

[z3n]

Fortunately, I can easily cruise through the Ill State without having to buy any gas.

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Don’t say that out loud. Seriously (only half joking), just like taxing electric cars for not paying gas tax, politicians will find a way to tax everyone. They’ll start scanning plates and waging tolls on anyone who traverses the state without fueling up.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’m even more fortunate. I can stay 1,700 miles away from Illinois all the time.

[quantim]

Naw, the murder rate has nothing to with it being a bastion of crime.

[lightman]

I used to travel about once a year from Pennsylvania to the Chicagoburbs...would fill up in western Ohio on the way in and on the way out.

[DaiHuy]

I grew up in Illinois, I left 1975 and have never looked back. The people of Illinois are getting exactly what they voted for. They need to quit bitching about it.

[Bonemaker]

Not to mention the recent gun ban for law abiding people.

[Blurb2350]

I had some colleagues in Chicago who’d cross into Indiana to fill up.

[Noumenon]

I grew up in Memphis, Tn. Left in 1972 and never looked back.

[midwest_hiker]

I used to rent a large truck a cou ple of times a year for my company. The rental agency always gave me forms that said I was supposed to caculate the miles driven in various states, caculate the amont of fuel used. Then send each state the fuel tax money.
Is this still the rules today, as this was over 25 years ago.

[Graybeard58]

Article mentions high property taxes but property taxes are assed by county. I live in red central Illinois and my property tax is reasonable, indeed, they are about 07% higher than the were 31 years ago and I have made improvements to the property in those 31 years. I have no doubts that Chicongo and Cook County’s are outrageous.

Geographically speaking, Illinois is overwhelmingly red. Chicongo is populous enough however, to stink up the entire state.

[Jacquerie]

Thank a little-known Scotus decision from 1964.

If Your State is a Mess.

[CFW]

“Article mentions high property taxes but property taxes are assed by county.”

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I realize it is just a slight typo, but “assed” is actually the correct word to use, because each time we get our property tax bill, it feels like I’ve been kicked in exactly that spot!