Sales taxes, income taxes, property taxes gasoline taxes and cell phone taxes are all among the nation’s highest in Illinois. An Illinoisan over a lifetime will pay $693,792 in taxes, which is 43% of everything that person will earn and is one-third more than the U.S. average.
The numbers are frightening and go a long way in explaining why people run from this state when they get the opportunity. No matter what the tubby one says, Illinois is the laughingstock of the country.
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.
The numbers are frightening and go a long way in explaining why people run from this state when they get the opportunity. No matter what the tubby one says, Illinois is the laughingstock of the country.