Friday, September 17, 2010

Economist says tough decade ahead for Illinois - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com

About $6 billion of Illinois' $13 billion deficit can be tagged to jobs lost in the last 10 years - and there may be another decade of slow growth to go.

One factor in the problem is that Illinois' taxes are outdated, based on a 1970s-era economy when there were far more manufacturing jobs

The state is not losing population. But the people moving in make far less money than the people moving out. Illinois has dropped from fourth to 15th in per capita income….That's a real source of concern,"

investigate the underlying problems and collaborate on a regional approach to solving them

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