Ah ha ... Illinois implements the standard operating procedures favored by clo and her fellow leftists (tax increases and keep on spending like always before) and what happens? Predictably ... just like we have warned you over and over and over, again ... the Illinois economy tanks and unemployment increases. Meanwhile, as you have already pointed out, clo ... the Montana governor and legislature have followed policies vociferously advocated by the Tea Party Movement and that state is doing well. Get the picture, yet, dearie? You need to quit being such a teabagging old harpy and admit the truth - the Conservatives are correct and you and your leftist ideology are wrong. Cheers! B.
Illinois Loses Most Jobs in the Nation
Illinois Policy Institute
8/19/2011
http://www.illinoispolicy.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=4362
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In a trend that continues to worsen, more Illinoisans found themselves unemployed in the month of July.
Illinois lost more jobs during the month of July than any other state in the nation, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report. After losing 7,200 jobs in June, Illinois lost an additional 24,900 non-farm payroll jobs in July. The report also said Illinois’s unemployment rate climbed to 9.5 percent. This marks the third consecutive month of increases in the unemployment rate.
Illinois started to create jobs as the national economy began to recover. But just when Illinois’s economy seemed to be turning around, lawmakers passed record tax increases in January of this year. Since then, Illinois’s employment numbers have done nothing but decline.
Data released today by the bureau confirms this downward trajectory. When it comes to putting people back to work, Illinois is going backwards. Since January, Illinois has dropped 89,000 people from its employment rolls.
{Embedded Chart - Number of Illinoisans Employed Declines}
It’s too early to know conclusively the full impact of the tax hikes on the Illinois economy. Nevertheless, Illinois’s employment numbers serve as a good reminder that public policies have dramatic consequences for the daily lives of Illinoisans. A combination of high taxes, overspending and red tape do nothing but chase away job creators and leave too many citizens without jobs. Springfield needs to act now and reverse course.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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