Ted joined the Ray Stevens Show to talk about why business owners avoid expanding into Illinois, why the state’s dismal economic policies are causing areas around the state to decline, the potential for lawmakers to impose even higher taxes this year, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- What one business owner said to me: Why expand in Illinois when there’s little economic growth?
- Open borders + sanctuary status + free benefits + Gov. Abbott = Chicago population growth
- Illinois politicians killed school choice. Now the federal government could deliver it anyway.
- The Bally’s ripoff
*Excerpt photo via Kent Kanouse
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Rep. Chris Miller’s website says approximately $2 BILLION has been spent in Illinois on healthcare for illegal immigrants in FY23 and FY24. The current Illinois budget allows for another $600 million in 2025-6. Comparatively, the illinoisstate.edu website shows appropriations for ISU that total $80 million for operating costs. ISU has received this each year since 2005 with no increases in funding. The 2025-6 budget numbers show about the same – $80 million. A large portion of the remaining funding comes from grants and bonds. And of course, MAP funding (that is not required to be repaid and citizenship does not… Read more »
I just can’t believe State Farm has not moved (yet).
How much Illinois pain can they endure?
The only businesses that Pritzker is recruiting are Chinese companies. American companies are leaving due to overtaxing and overspending on far left policies.
Aren’t college towns just about at the end of their ropes? I’m sure Carbondale, Macomb, and Chatsworth are probably all in this boat also.
add DeKalb to the list.
Illinois State has a healthy enrollment of 18 thousand undergrads. Indeed one can make the case it is completely full of students. So it is perplexing that Bloomington is suffering. ISU does not attract anywhere near the research dollars of U of I UC, so perhaps that is a factor. Quite disappointing.
There is little hope for Illinois at this point. Pension costs growing like a cancer will force taxes much higher and services much lower. The rich educated people are leaving and being replace with illegal immigrants. None of the numbers come close to adding up and the public sector still wants more and more money and benefits.