From Illinois Policy Institute -
One in ten Illinoisans who wanted to go to work this morning could not. Skeptics can try to reason away Illinois’ failure in creating an environment where people can be put to work, but the graphic below says it all.
Almost a year after Illinois’ record income tax increase, the state’s unemployment woes contrast starkly with the slow but positive national economic recovery. Unemployment rates in 46 states dropped since January 2011, and some dramatically. Illinois’ unemployment rate, on the other hand, was 9.8 percent in December, up from 9 percent in January 2011. Simply put, in 2011 Illinois placed more people on the unemployment rolls than any other state in the country.
Illinois' leadership must be held accountable. It’s time to reverse the path from one of high unemployment and poor governance to one that focuses on reforms, puts the state on sound fiscal footing and gets Illinoisans back to work.
