Taxes number one concern for Illinois/Chicago voters as taxes keep rising and people keep moving out – Martin Preib’s Cooked City

"And it’s the wealthiest, those who pay the most in taxes, who are leaving. Second City Cop points to a Wirepoints study and IRS data showing that since 2000 Illinois has lost 1.6 million, an outmigration rate behind only the Democratically run states of New York and California."
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Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
6 months ago

Illinois Policy- April 24, 2023
New poll: 51% of Illinoisans want to leave, with high taxes as No. 1 reason.
Of those who said they would leave Illinois if they had the opportunity, 36% cited high taxes as the reason. Elected officials must work to fix the issues causing this negative outlook.

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