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Last edited by Yac; 01-08-2008 at 05:29 AM.. |
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Obviously, if you felt so highly of downstate Illinois you would be living there, not in Florida.
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I didn't b*tch about how much taxes I'm paying. I made a comparison of respective tax burdens to flatten your point. Someone who can't tell the difference perhaps ought not make such snarky inquiries as "who's the smart one?".
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I realize this, but my point is that if you're so bothered by paying taxes proportionate to your higher income, live somewhere where the cost of living isn't so much. You'll be making less, spending less, and paying less in taxes.
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And to where no good jobs are? |
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No thanks, I'll stay up here, with a good job, my family, friends, and a vibrant community.
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I known PLENTY of people who are making over $100,000 a year in southern Illinois. And $100,000 there goes twice as far as in Chicago.
And it's not like everyone in Chicago has a good job! If you're college-educated, you're probably going to have a decent job regardless of where you live. |
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Yeah, I love the quote that someone knows someone working at Best Buy making $120,000. Big deal. Do you know what $100,000/yr in Chicago is vs. $100,000/yr in southern Illinois?
And illini84 is exactly right, if you are college educated in southern Illinois, there obviously aren't going to be as many jobs in so. Ill as there are in Chicago, but the jobs are still out there. My dad has a good job with the US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs and my mom is a real estate agent, and both live in a town of 7,000. At the end of the day, this post was just the perfect stage and audience for elitists like Jons99. Sorry, buddy, but not everyone wants to live in Chicago. I moved to a city as well, and love it, but I don't try to make others feel like I am superior to them because of where I chose to live. Anyone CAN live in a big city, a lot of people just choose not to. Get over it. |
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Well said--my point exactly. Thank you.
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The US constitution forbids carving up states to create other states, so this whole subject is DOA. The only exception to this, West Virginia, is a special case because that part of Virginia rejoined the Union during the Civil War.
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