Issue Position: Budget and Jobs

Issue Position

Illinois continues to lose jobs to neighboring states causing economical strain on communities and Illinois. According to an Illinois Review Tuesday, October 20, 2015, article titled REPORT SHOWS ILLINOIS LOST THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN SEPTEMBER: "Illinois' sluggish economy has greatly affected the state budget. As state-to-state migration data from the IRS shows, taxpayers are moving out of Illinois and taxable income is being lost to other states. In 2013, Illinois lost 81,000 residents and $4.1 billion in taxable income to other states. Illinois lost 1,800 manufacturing jobs in September and has lost 12,500 manufacturing jobs in 2015 alone while every neighboring Midwest state has added manufacturing jobs during the same timeline," Illinois Policy Institute said in a statement. I will work to turn this around."

We need to establish an enviornment that encourages job growth, increase opportunities and bring businesses back to Illinois. Raising taxes will not fix this problem. We must once again be a leader in manufacturing jobs.

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