A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
It looks like scores are heavily weighted towards cities with income taxes (they always score 2 points), although cities with an income tax typically don’t levy a sales tax (something most proponents like CTU forget when suggesting city/commuter tax). I’m not sure why Chicago has a zero score for sales tax.