The American Legislative Exchange Council’s “Rich States, Poor States” report is a forecast based on a state’s current standing in 15 state policy variables. Illinois ranked 46th in the country, down one spot from last year. Hurting Illinois’ ranking are several tax-related categories, including property tax burden, which the state placed 42nd. Illinois ranked 44th in corporate income tax rate; and 49th for debt service as a share of tax revenue.
Illinois Democrats do all they can to kill off business — great for virtue signaling — bad for everything else
debtsor
3 years ago
The communist views these metrics as flawed and right-wing extremist biased. The metric IL uses is UNION friendliness not economic competitiveness. Using these metrics, IL is one of the most union friendly states in the country.
Because business can’t exist without unions! Oh wait, that’s not right…
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.
Illinois Democrats do all they can to kill off business — great for virtue signaling — bad for everything else
The communist views these metrics as flawed and right-wing extremist biased. The metric IL uses is UNION friendliness not economic competitiveness. Using these metrics, IL is one of the most union friendly states in the country.
Because business can’t exist without unions! Oh wait, that’s not right…