By John F. Di Leo
First, the state of Illinois’ new governor signed a record number of tax and regulatory increase bills in Springfield, and then Chicago’s new mayor delivered a State of the City address announcing her plans to do the same to Chicago.
It’s been a good week for the tax collector, the political hack and the bureaucrat; it’s been a bad week for everyone else.
As statewide progressive income taxes - and many other forms of property grabs - loom large on the horizon, the message is clear to any Illinoisan with a house, a job, a business, a bank account, or in fact anything of value at all:
Get Out.
Get out now.
Get out while you still can.
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