Saturday, April 29, 2006
Illinois – Still a “Loser” State
Every decade I have lived in Illinois we have lost a congressmen due to relative population changes.Net domestic migration was down 617,856 people in Illinois during the 1990’s.
It looks like we are on track to do it again. At this rate we’ll lose 718,542 during this century’s first decade.
From 2000-2004, Illinois is estimated to have lost 287,417 people to net domestic migration.
This does not count inmigration from other countries like Mexico, however, which exceeded the domestic outmigration during the 1990's, but not by enough to keep us form losing a congressman.
Illinois has lost a net average of 61,786 per year in the 1990’s. For the first four years of this century, we were losing 71,854 a year, as you can see on the chart. Illinois is third from the bottom.
Cook County lost more people—an estimated 94,499--than any county in the USA, but Los Angeles. Some are obviously moving to Will County, which grew an average of 20,000 per year.
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Cal -
I know none of this is new to you Cal:
It's all about job creation.
And job creation on a state and local basis is all about an environment that will attract companies. Taxes, legal restrictions, available, willing and attractively priced labor force.
And the biggest key is taxes.. and not just current taxes, but how a states finances run, which predicts future taxes. And whats our record:
We added the lottery revenues and still needed to increase taxes.
We skipped the pension fund payments, garaunteeing tax increases in the future to make the payments in ten years.
And what message does the pension fund shenannigans send to prospective companies looking at Illinois - that we are out of control and willing to rob from anywhere to keep our lack of control funded?
I know Cal knows all this.. how come Springfield can't change it? How come we don't change Springfield?
Rob has shown his stripes. I don't think Judy will be any better, but I don't need 4 more of Rob....
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I know none of this is new to you Cal:
It's all about job creation.
And job creation on a state and local basis is all about an environment that will attract companies. Taxes, legal restrictions, available, willing and attractively priced labor force.
And the biggest key is taxes.. and not just current taxes, but how a states finances run, which predicts future taxes. And whats our record:
We added the lottery revenues and still needed to increase taxes.
We skipped the pension fund payments, garaunteeing tax increases in the future to make the payments in ten years.
And what message does the pension fund shenannigans send to prospective companies looking at Illinois - that we are out of control and willing to rob from anywhere to keep our lack of control funded?
I know Cal knows all this.. how come Springfield can't change it? How come we don't change Springfield?
Rob has shown his stripes. I don't think Judy will be any better, but I don't need 4 more of Rob....
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