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Old 05-01-2014, 07:16 AM
 
Location: CT
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Illinois Wake Up Call! Stagnation Spiral Encourages People to Leave - Forbes

Half the people in Illinois want out of Illinois
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Old 05-01-2014, 07:20 AM
 
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I didn't realize that half the people were being held against their will and forced to live here.
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Old 05-01-2014, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Not surprising.
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Old 05-01-2014, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Virtually a quarter of every state'a population seems to want to move to a different state, according to this poll.
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Old 05-01-2014, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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Forbes is at it again. LOL . IF and When Steve "The Brain" Forbes hires people who actually do their own surveys and compile THAT data I will take him seriously. Until then he is a silly little man who publishes the fluff compiled by others solely for its adverting value . .

I suspect even Chicago would notice if 4M+ people left. The garden of Eden I ever found was a restaurant in Tulsa.
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Old 05-01-2014, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Lake Arlington Heights, IL
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Forbes is not the first survey that has discovered or reported this. Another report, mentioned it is not due to surroundings or even the weather, but primarily due to politics and the economy. The more reports like these that circulate, the better our chances of the politicians getting their heads out of their rear-ends and DOING something!
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Old 05-01-2014, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Edmonds, WA
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Forbes is not the first survey that has discovered or reported this. Another report, mentioned it is not due to surroundings or even the weather, but primarily due to politics and the economy. The more reports like these that circulate, the better our chances of the politicians getting their heads out of their rear-ends and DOING something!
I'd agree with that...it would explain why even some states with arguably much harsher weather such as MN, WI, ND, etc. nonetheless have far lower percentages of people stating they want to move or are planning to move.
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Old 05-01-2014, 11:03 PM
 
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Interesting a lot of people still wanna leave? Often California especially politics is compared to Illinois but things are turning around in California. Aren't turning out well better in Illinois? Isn't deficit turned into surplus?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7jGky6IyV4
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Old 05-02-2014, 09:48 AM
 
Location: broke leftist craphole Illizuela
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I wouldn't say California is turning arround. They have a state income tax that goes up to 12.3% (9.3 for most middle class), high property taxes, and high sales taxes and it is very difficult to be able to be able to afford to live there. That is not a direction most would like to see Illinois take.

It is easy to have a surplus when you levy taxes and fees on that insane level. You either have to be very rich to afford the taxes and cost of living or very poor and living off the social programs.

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Old 05-02-2014, 10:53 AM
 
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I wouldn't say California is turning arround. They have a state income tax that goes up to 12.3% (9.3 for most middle class), high property taxes, and high sales taxes and it is very difficult to be able to be able to afford to live there. That is not a direction most would like to see Illinois take.
California only has those very high income taxes on very high earners, who are a tiny proportion of the population.

In contrast, Illinois has a regressive flat tax, so basically screws over the working and middle class because they're scared to tax the wealthy.
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