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| Fed-up Illinois homeowners consider moving: 'It's not just the property taxes on my home; it's all of them' |
| 2017-10-01 |
| [Chicago Tribune] Even after watching Hurricane Irma wreak havoc on Florida, Rik Mallin is sticking to his plan. Mallin is fixing up his Villa Park home so that he can sell it, move to the Florida Panhandle and escape Illinois’ rising taxes. "I’m getting out," said Mallin, 67. "It’s not just the property taxes on my home; it’s all of them." He figures his taxes in Florida, where there is no personal income tax, will be about a quarter of what he’s paying now. Mallin’s not the only one leaving the state. In 2016, Illinois lost 37,508 people, putting the state’s population at its lowest level in nearly a decade, according to U.S. census data. It was the third consecutive year the state lost more residents than any other state. The state’s population count for 2017 won’t be released until December. Some of those who are leaving Illinois say they’re frustrated with their tax burden and the state’s financial situation. After going more than two years without a budget, Illinois lawmakers passed a spending plan over the summer, one that involved a 32 percent income tax hike for residents. The state is still digging itself out of the financial disarray that accumulated during the budget impasse. A Forbes listing of the best and worst states for taxes in 2016, before the tax hike, ranked Illinois 46th, signifying a heavier tax burden. But demographers aren’t ready to chalk the outmigration up to tax pressures entirely. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Silly Wabbit. Blue State Conundrum: How can you have (rich people) Rabbit Season when they have enough money to another locale? Only the Poor remain and they are.. Poor! |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-10-01 17:22 |
| #2 Left unsaid is the outward migration of a good number of African American families also fed up living with the endlessly repeating cycle of violence in their neighborhoods. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2017-10-01 13:09 |
| #1 Keep voting democrat you stupid fucks, but do not come to MY HOME and act that way. Fix your idiot state. YOU fix it. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-10-01 02:36 |