Illinois at the very bottom, projected to shrink by 8% by 2050. Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
VC is an excellent, concise site sans the bloviating of other “ experts “, financial or otherwise.
As I like to say;
Stay and Pay
Leave and Save.
I voted with my feet over 20 years ago and left Taxistan.
My smart financial decision has my bank account $200,000 fatter!!
Alternative headline: 49 States Illinoisans Can Move to and Improve Their Lives!
I am surprised it even makes it on the list. Illinois is DOA thanks to the public sector union greed. Soon the only residents will be the poor immigrants, everyone else will have left for greener grass.
I can’t get the “read the article” link to work, but the source map is here. West Virginia and Mississippi will lose more than Illinois, according to their figures. Data sources are discussed here. Apparently the work was done over a year ago.
Link fixed now. Sorry.
Perfect visual for campaign adds against Pritzker. No explanation needed.