The Wall Street Journal featured Wirepoints’ research from our piece Illinois economy, jobs suffer under potential presidential candidate J.B. Pritzker in its opinion section this week.
Read the WSJ editorial: Pritzker’s Illinois Exit Strategy?
“Research outfit Wirepoints notes in a new report that Illinois’s real GDP grew a mere 0.5% between the first quarters of 2019 and 2022, the first three years of Mr. Pritzker’s governorship. That’s by far the slowest growth in the region. Indiana’s GDP increased by 6.1%, Iowa’s by 5.2%, and Michigan (3.7%), Kentucky (3.3%) and Missouri (3.1%) lapped it too. Even slow-growing Wisconsin (1.6%) recorded triple the growth of Illinois.”
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Great to see, thanks! For those of you without a WSJ subscription, here is the full text: “Pritzker’s Illinois Exit Strategy? Running for President might let him join other Prairie State exiles. By The Editorial Board – July 18, 2022 Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has recently been seen in New Hampshire and Florida, spurring speculation that he’s eyeing a 2024 presidential bid. Or maybe he’s trying to escape Illinois like so many others have during his governorship. Research outfit Wirepoints notes in a new report that Illinois’s real GDP grew a mere 0.5% between the first quarters of 2019 and… Read more »
This man must disappear from the political horizon asap. He crashed Illinois, like nobody ever did before him. His family is not respected in Illinois for all the crimes he committed.Have you forgotten the removed toilets in his mansion to avoid paying property taxes? His whole family is a joke, some of them are transgender that does not happen too often if ever in Jewish community, some are simply corrupt and bought top positions under Obama. Pritzker has not been running any company in his life until he paid his way into the position of the governor. You can buy… Read more »
Well Wirepoints has teed it up beautifully if one of the so called journalists in this state wanted to ask his excellence why his state’s performance lags all surrounding states. I won’t be holding my breath.
Congratulations on being cited in a national newspaper! You deserve recognition for all your diligence and persistence. Hopefully, word gets out on a national level that Pritzker is evil. Of course, that means that we, in Illinois, may have to put up with him. Yikes ! But, not if Bailey wins. We can only hope (and vote).
Not good news for the king who wants to be president. Congrats to Wirepoints though, for being cited. Your work is impeccable!
Thank you. The irony is that we get quoted in national press far more often than local. Wall Street Journal has cited or published us often. We’ve been in New York Times, Forbes, RealClear and many others, but many local publications essentially blackball us. It’s part of why Illinoisans who rely only on legacy media are in an alternate universe.