Ted joined Scott Slocum to talk about the 87,000 people who left Illinois in 2022, why a net number of Illinoisans leave here for any one of 40 other states each year, what the consequence of that out-migration is — including higher property taxes on those who remain, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- South and southwest Chicago suburbs to be hammered by massive property tax increases
- The great exodus continues: Fresh IRS data shows Illinois loses residents to 40 other states
- IRS migration data: Big blue states biggest losers of people, wealth. Big red states biggest winners. – A Wirepoints 50-state survey
- If you’re shot, robbed or assaulted in Chicago, there’s a 50/50 chance there’ll be no police to respond to your 911 call
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
“What can Springfield do to put a finger in the d…uh dam?” I know what he was going to say.
If Wirepoints does not cover this explosive story, no one will. The local media is comatose. Our Gov says IRS demographic data is not demographic data. U-haul, realtor and Census Bureau data all say the same thing. But Illinoisans are asleep at the switch and just swallow the BS year after year.
Same with our story on 911 problems. We do all the work, provide the data source and they ignore our reports. Different with national media that does cover us.