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While this year’s ratio reflects the smallest gap between new
move-ins and those leaving the state since 2008, staffers
nonetheless found 54% of the company’s clients last year were on
the move out of Illinois.
“Even the Chicago Bears are finding Illinois less appealing and
can’t get a deal,” McLaughlin, R-Barrington Hills, told The
Center Square. “It's the policy climate that is about taxing
businesses and individuals first and delivering services last.
We are the highest taxed state in the nation and what do we get
for that? What we're getting is more corruption, more political
payoffs, particularly the public sector unions are the ones that
are getting paid off.”
U.S. Census Bureau data showing Illinois has lost around 420,000
residents since 2020. Recent polling found almost half of all
voters insist they would leave the state if they had the chance.
Updated annual Census estimates for Illinois and other states
are expected later this month.
McLaughlin said the time for voters to take a stand is now.
“We have over 82-line items in our state tax code, the Illinois
Department of Revenue, and people in Springfield just keep
looking to add more,” he said. “It has gone beyond what our
founders intended and the only way to do this is to have a
revolution at the ballot box.”
Previous Atlas studies highlight outmigration peaked across the
state in 2023 with 63% of all movers heading for new confines.
More recently, pollsters found residents point to high taxes as
the state’s top issue.
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