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I was surprised to see Illinois still look like it's attracting people from the graph (I'm not entirely sure, it's a little hard to understand which direction i
by cableshaft 8y ago
I was surprised to see Illinois still look like it's attracting people from the graph (I'm not entirely sure, it's a little hard to understand which direction it's going from their visual and labeling choices). Illinois has more people leaving the state than coming into the state since at least 2014, and our tax burden is the highest in the country.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/population-loss-in-illinois-is-driven-by-larger-numbers-of-people-leaving-for-other-states/f1bf43a4-0e93-407c-8240-7c3b9d58547b https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/population-loss-in-illi...
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/study-illinois-home-to-highest-overall-tax-burden-in-the-nation/ https://www.illinoispolicy.org/study-illinois-home-to-highes...
- jeffbax 8y agoNot to mention the pension bomb waiting to go off. That's one big thing that'll help reverse brain drain in most blue states at some point. Source: grew up in NJ and lives in MA