Texas governor trying to get Illinois business (Chicago, Perry: high school, income)

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by chet everett

My aunt has a very modest ranch in Downers Grove, which is a nice town, but she is quite distant from Metra ( south of DG South High...) she pays over $5k in taxes AND our very high income tax...

A modest ranch house in Downer's Grove is also worth about 2-4 times as much as one near Dallas. Texas has very high property tax rates due to its lack of income tax.

Of course, even if the overall tax burden is lower in Texas, you get what you pay for. I mean, it's Texas. Other than Austin, you don't want to live there. Having lived in a few "red states," I can tell you there are quality-of-life reasons that people are generally not lining up to move to them, and educated progressive people line up to leave them. Many of the reasons result directly from the lack of public funding for anything, out of insistence upon keeping taxes low. These places are largely populated by people who would rather be uneducated, poor, and in failing health than to have any sort of public funding for anything. We cain't be havin' that so-shul-izm!

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by chet everett

Benefits are no longer needed. The Affordable Healthcare Act has solved that.

I was unaware that the AHA mandated that businesses provide sick time, vacation time, stock options, pensions, 401K options, transportation subsidies, etc. It's a good thing it got enacted into law, then

[chet everett]

There are lovely homes minutes from downtown, close to two top tier universities (Baylor & SMU) with prices that compare exceedingly favorably to things in the loveliest parts of Chicago or our most desirable towns --
5416 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75214 | MLS# 11893032 | Redfin

Originally Posted by ChiNaan

A modest ranch house in Downer's Grove is also worth about 2-4 times as much as one near Dallas. Texas has very high property tax rates due to its lack of income tax.

Of course, even if the overall tax burden is lower in Texas, you get what you pay for. I mean, it's Texas. Other than Austin, you don't want to live there. Having lived in a few "red states," I can tell you there are quality-of-life reasons that people are generally not lining up to move to them, and educated progressive people line up to leave them. Many of the reasons result directly from the lack of public funding for anything, out of insistence upon keeping taxes low. These places are largely populated by people who would rather be uneducated, poor, and in failing health than to have any sort of public funding for anything. We cain't be havin' that so-shul-izm!

[linicx]

Back in the '80s I had a notion to move to Texas. I spent a couple of weeks in central Texas. I saw a lot of little towns that were barely surviving and a lot of sand. There was an article in a local paper in one of the towns we considered. The city was going to raise the motel and restaurant tax from 12% to 15%. Most restaurants in that area added a mandatory gratuity, too.

[ChiNaan]

Baylor is in Waco, nowhere near Dallas. Maybe they have a medical campus there or something.

[linicx]

Texas is doing a lot of tracking now.

[chet everett]

It is a HUGE medical campus ---

[STLCityMike]

I am completely against this sort of competition, but wanted to ask what happened to Beoing in Seattle?

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

I have to say Rick Perry is a great guy. Instead of using words and saying well those liberal states policies are bad. He proves it by chipping away at their economies and moving jobs to Texas to show them how to be successful at promoting businesses.
Rick Perry also will have some competition to chip away at Illinois business and economy now: Budget deal calls for five-percent income tax cut - 13 WTHR Indianapolis
Another tax cut in Indiana just makes our state that all the more attractive. The elimination of the Inheritance tax though is a major one cause Illinois has one. Move your money to Indiana and avoid the Inheritance tax

No it doesn't.

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

I have to say Rick Perry is a great guy.

You must have really bizarre criteria for greatness.