“I love this city. But if we can keep an extra $2 million [per year] in our family businesses by moving 15 miles away, why wouldn’t we? “If I didn’t have the workers’ compensation issue and the [property-tax] issue, I probably never would have even considered moving. Why would I?” Marty Flaska President and CEO...
“I feel bad for the working man because they’re the ones who are going to suffer. Those are families being ruined. You know … I look at everything as a family. When you go to work you’re not working for yourself, you’re working for your family. That’s why we work: to better ourselves, to better...
“We’re paying 4% of our home’s value in property taxes. This is a $247,000 house with $9,800 in property taxes. “So we’ll have paid the entire value of our house in property taxes in 25 years, assuming there’s no increase. “I’ve done my research. There’s a home right on the ocean in beautiful Bokeelia, Florida,...
“I was paying $6,000 in property taxes on this house I bought for $52,500. Now it’s $6,000 on a hole in the ground. ”I have friends having kids and I always ask ‘How can you afford it?’ I can barely afford a dog and myself. I have friends in Michigan who are managers at Applebee’s,...
“We’ve lived in five states, but we’ve never had to leave because we couldn’t put down roots there. “Illinois is different. It’s like we have to work as hard as two couples to have the same lifestyle. The taxes are so high, and our schools are good but no better than where we’ve lived before. ...
Government data show freedom from forced unionization means better outcomes for workers.
Newly released IRS data show Illinois lost on net over 81,000 taxpayers and their dependents, and $4.1 billion of annual taxable income to other states in 2013.
Newly released IRS data show Illinois lost on net over 81,000 taxpayers and their dependents, and $4.1 billion of annual taxable income to other states in 2013.
Manufacturing workers continue to receive pink slips in Illinois.
Food-truck owners ticketed for operating on business streets worry that Chicago may be attempting to shut them down.
Downtown appeal and state-issued tax credits mask a discouraging jobs climate statewide.
“We’re responsible for over 23 families here at Selvaggio Steel. And they count on my brother and I walking into work and being able to make a profit on the work that we do so that they also have opportunities to have jobs.” Mark Selvaggio Selvaggio Steel
Newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows weak jobs gains and a shrinking U.S. workforce in September.
Hint: It wasn’t pretty.