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.”
“The Heartland Institute estimates one-third of Illinois families currently face calls from debt collectors seeking payment for old bills. ” I deal with this stuff fairly regularly as part of my job. Like most problems, it’s multi-faceted. I’ll give Heartland Institute the benefit of the doubt and accept that 1/3rd of Illinois has a debt collector seeking payment for bills. I disagree that they are ‘old’ bills. Bills are bills and money owed is money owed, no matter how ‘old’ it is. That being said, Illinois is an expensive state. It costs more to live in Illinois, and especially in… Read more »