Just a Reminder
Got this in an email:
In 2019, Pritzker said he wanted to "grow the economy" and it is his job to make us "hugely successful."
Under @JBPritzker, only public sector jobs have grown, economic growth has stagnated, and he has raised taxes $6.3 billion.
This is a record of failure. Pritzker's only success as governor is driving residents from Illinois.
We were passing through Indiana the other day and decided to fill up the car before crossing back into Fata$$-Land. the price of Gas in Indiana?
- $2.99 a gallon
We haven't seen it in Porky's Illinois for anything under $3.35 in months thanks to the recent tax increases. No wonder all our old southside friends are doing their shopping over the border for everything from groceries to gas to ammunition.
Labels: state politics
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
79 Comments:
I fill up 4 vehicles and grocery shop in Niles. No plastic bag tax either.
$2.72 gas up here in Lake Geneva.
5.5% taxes at Walmart also as opposed to 8% in Jelly Belly land.
North sider here....I run to Kenosha.....2.79 Sunday morning...
Now before someone tells me how much I spent to drive....
Gas,
Groceries,
Nice lunch.
Try it.
Some northsiders go north of the cheddar curtain to load up on non perishable items. Even shopping outside of Crook Co is better than spending your money in Crooksville.
Gas has been consistently. $2 50s-$2.70s for years in southern red state
A few more years of Pritzker we will all be homeless. The only people who prosper with him are the illegals. Sad, but true!
Look the new Indiana even North West Indiana the past five years or so isn’t the old Indiana back in the times of our parents and grandparents prime era , that stunk like rancid toxins and garbage . It’s cheap very affordable and everyone is way more polite it’s like living in the deep south without the constant swamp ass . And in Indiana you run from the po-po you will be chased , caught , arrested , and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law , and don’t you even think about battering or tormenting a officer . And as all the villages within Lake County IN said , hopping over back to the IL border after causing havoc in our towns wont work , you’ll be chased on 94 , 294 , it don’t matter you’ll be caught 9/10 times .
Fuck Gov lard and go to a good state if you can .
Across the border residents are weary of FIPS who are leaving and bringing their political views with them they no likey
I was in Iowa last week. $2.71 a gallon. As soon as I crossed into Illinois it was $3.39
Last Saturday a gallon of Regular cost $2.89 just north of Kenosha.
Go down by Indy. Building and economy booming.
E ast TN got it beat to the tune of under 2.65
I am looking to jump ship at my job in Indiana. I won't work in IL for less than $5 an hour more than I am making now. At my current rate, not including my commute, I am taking home $150 a week more than I would working in IL.
How about being fair with your stories once in a while and at least telling the entire truth. You enjoy 0% income tax on your pension and social security in Illinois. For most retired public workers that's worth over $5,000. So take your pick - $0.50 per gallon lower gas prices or $5,000 in your pocket.
Crossing the border and going back to the homeland 🤔
Want cheaper gas? $2.35 in Tennessee, Ky is about the same as Indiana. I know it’s a bit of a drive but I’m considering moving there
$2.74 in Wisconsin
Got gas in South Carolina at $2.39. See what less government and less tax can do?
$2.69.9 in Wisconsin, flat 5% tax on purchasing items, no grocery taxes. Short ride. Remember to report snd claim those out of state purchases on your Illinois income tax form!
Moved to Florida after retiring. Parking downtown, $2, parking at the beach, $2, permanent no grocery tax, gas, $3, politics which you will love, Police everywhere , etc.
Someone has to pay for all the cradle to grave entitlement babies and the smellygrants. Fatso isn't going to pay for it out of his kick.
JB Pritzker is a smug jagoff. I wish he would go away.
Yet the idiots of Illinois will vote him back into office again and again
not to mention the high property taxes,,,,,, little to no police protection in nice areas (working class conservative) but we do get a lot of those civilian dept. of revenue people walking around because they won't dare go in the hood... people here get notices from the alder office about their grass being over 6 inches long telling them to cut it or pay a fine, when is the last time anyone on the west side or south side that have jungles growing on their property got one of those?
That will end soon enough, and wait till they figure out a way to tax it at the source for those who earned a pension in Illinois then moved to a different state upon retirement.
I do the same thing. Relaxing day.
Gas is $2.62/gallon in KY
Lower property taxes alone will make that up.
I just paid $2.68 to fill up deep in the heart of Dixie. Yeah, we pay 9% sales tax on groceries. Property taxes combined $2500 on two homes. One 6 year old 2000sq ft house and a 800sq ft beach condo. All savings reinvested after leaving Illinois four years ago. Preparing for pension haircut once Shitcago goes BK. If I stayed up there, I’d be fucked.
Why can’t we have both
hey I got a text about Brandon wanting to implement a 1% city sales tax or something along those lines. Anyone ever heard of that?
Go.to Speedway on 50, I paid 2.79.
Yup. Around 2.50 here in Katy Texas...
Governor Jelly Belly Pigster keeps taxes high because corruption is expensive.
It’s $2.77 a gallon in Williams Bay WI……
Many nice states like Texas don't tax pensions/SS. Don't be delusional.
Especially after Illinois has a surplus of over 3 billion dollars from raising gas taxes? " ...fuck you, pay me.." Goodfellas.
I understand what you’re saying. Look at the big picture. Property taxes in WI are at least half of what you pay in Illinois and especially in Cook County and Chicago. Sales tax is 5%. There are no punitive fees nor extra fees for utility/consumer usage such as internet tax, cell iPhone tax, cable tax, you get the picture. I have looked at her number and over all even if I pay state income tax I come out ahead by thousands. Now look at the low crime, lower insurance rates, slower pace of life, better quality of life, better services such as garbage and snow plowing . Schools are good (still for now). No speed camera, no emissions tests, cheaper license plates, no city stickers. Overall it’s a better move to leave this state which is decaying at an advanced pace……
Want to keep the no income tax and still pay less out of pocket? Join me in towns close to the Big Mo. Eleven miles to cheap gas, lower grocery prices.
lower prices on almost all other items. Cross the bridge every two weeks pointing a raise finger in the direction of Springfield.
A lot of states do not tax retirement income and have much cheaper gas then Illinois. So what's your point?
Moved to NW Indiana about 10 years ago from Cook County (wanted to reside outside of IL but the WI commute was just too far for me). This is true that it's definitely not the area of my youth! On Boy Scout trips to Mount Baldy way back when, I remember driving past what looked like a rank post-apocalyptic hellscape of oil refineries, flaming steel mills pouring columns of smoke into the air, and such a stench.
The refineries are still there in Whiting, and a couple steel mills still operate along the lakeshore. They've been forced to clean up quite a bit though by the Feds & EPA, can't lie about that as much as GOP hates the environmental regs. They're still in business, just not allowed to release so many toxins, and the difference within my own lifetime is MASSIVE.
Gas is routinely in the $2.90s, zero sales tax on groceries, everything else is 7.00%. That's not the best rate, but for example last year I dropped nearly $1,000 on building materials in Merrillville for a home repair project. Realized I saved about $40 right there by not buying the exact same items at the Menards in Cicero near my work (sales tax 10.75%). Enough for a tank of gas!
Great bakeries, pizza, burgers, fried fish, & (cheap!) beer out here, there's never any fights or blasting stereos on the beaches, which are also half-empty compared to Chicago's. Forested national park hiking trails totally free of litter. Deer & wild turkeys cutting through the yard. People love having a cop or trooper as a neighbor. Ammo is cheaper & no FOID/paper record needed.
And while it's true cops here will chase & catch suspects and never put up with abuse, the local police ETs or labs seem to be lacking - any murder not caught in the act or without the usual obvious Domestic angle just seems to go straight into the cold case file forever (not that many murders, especially compared to Chicago, so maybe they just don't get enough practice?).
E.g., never any leads on this one, which happened in the Gary neighborhood equivalent to Beverly, Mt Greenwood, or Edison Park, in an area packed with $700k homes a walk from the beach:
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gary-shooting-kills-woman-critically-injures-husband-north-warren-street-home-suspect-stole-vehicle-police-say/15677486/
That said, check out Valparaiso!
And avoid Michigan City - they've got a great brewery & restaurant, a local gun club nearby dating back 1935, but for some reason also seem to host a nest of meth addicted shitbirds who routinely get arrested everywhere else in the region.
When Pritzker came into office in 2019, the state budget was about $39 billion. In 2026, it is projected to be $55 billion. That's about a 40% increase in spending, and much of it going to schools. We have not seen a great return on that investment, have we?
What state is that in ?
AGREED, I try to make all my purchases out of Crook County and will never attend any musical or entertainment event in chicago again !
Thanks jb, now factor in the sales tax and higher prices for groceries.
And then STFU !
Woodmans has anything you want. Sometimes go to Lake Geneva for lunch too.
Indiana governor just lowered property taxes and increased cigarette tax by $2.00 a pack, whole state has COPD.smmmh
If you think you pay too much in tax as a resident in Illinois, wait until the plan to tax all service providers is passed, 6.5%. You will pay this tax on every service provider from your dry cleaner to you doctor. The CTU is pushing hard in Springfield as is JB. A lobbyist told me that the only saving grace is that the CTU is hated in Springfield.
Was recently down in Henderson Kentucky, just across from Evansville Indiana, and paid $2.52 for a gallon of gas.
In the time it took to read this article, another business, or family has made the decision to leave Illinois.
Hilarious. Your property taxes, sales tax, and fees erase any positives. Your property tax should s four times what mine is.
What line is it on again so I don’t forget?
Illinois isn’t all that bad. I found a beautiful affordable home in Cairo for my family and retirement.
Everyone complains about the fat ass he's this he's that blah blah then they vote for him. He'll win again watch. Same thing with the useless mayor o you have to vote for him cause he's black bullshit.
So, by using your logic, those who receive pensions have lost their right to complain about high gas prices? Are you also forbidding those on food stamps from complaining about the quality of food they eat, or a parent who sends their child to public schools from complaining about the quality of education, or a senior citizen on Medicare from complaining about the quality of care they receive?
Signed Gov. Pritzker's mother.
Pritzker did bring in the Chinese Communist battery plant thats being subsidized by Illinois taxpayers. Gotion was offered a state incentive package valued at $536 million, including tax credits through the Re-imagining Energy and Vehicles (REV) program and a grant from the Invest in Illinois fund
Paid $3.06 in Homer Glenn Monday, but it shot up to 3.49 Tuesday.
Live in Illinois - Shop in Indiana
Fat boy was installed as governor to further the leftist plan to load the country with illegals in order to collapse it from within. Military tribunals should await those involved in the plan, media included.
85 CENTS in Illinois gas taxes !
Fuck all you communist Demo-crats. I'm outta here in 3 months !!!
Pigsters only success has been making U-Haul and the rest of the moving companies rich.
Well what’s the use of that if they are just going to pick our pockets in high property taxes and taxes on consumer goods?
Begin a toll on Dusable
lake shore drive, and add another quarter to the gas tax. Brandon has a
Spending problem.
Many, many, many programs need to be cut, toll on Dusable Lake shore drive, increase tax on gas and marijuana. Also 30 percent reduction in city employees including management. It’s not pensions, it’s Brandon’s spending on his programs and illegals.
They cheat, register illegals then fill out a ballot in the illegals name, poor Jose probably doesn’t even know a vote was cast in his name. What do you think all of those illegals were brought here for?
2:55:33……Didn’t say it was the pensions fault. If Shitcago says it can’t make its payments, some judge will decide how much it can. Also, my quality of life is now priceless.
There is a tipping point. Maximum home value will go down after enough people leave. Companies are leaving Illinois and taking schools of employees with them. Interested buyers will be harder to come by. As the city raises taxes on residential properties, this will discourage new buyers from choosing Chicago. If you don't leave soon, don't expect a quick sale. My home in Edison Park took over a year to sell. And I had a great agent who got me more than my asking price. lol! FU Chicago!
fuck you fatass
lol after Nov am gonna be in Texas. . . . whahahahahaha. Guess what gas is $2 only. . . . hahahahahahahahaa
and when will 294 be paid off and be a freeway??
Costco and Sams Club gas is the cheapest in lake county hellinois. BP and shell are $4 in a nawthern sub. Even the tollway oasis for the same area is less at $3.77 horrible companies.
Absolutely. Only moneyed pus heads, alternate lifestyle types, and dead beats want to live in Chicago. At some point the first two groups can’t pay the freight to live the cosmopolitan lifestyle. I honestly don’t know when that is, but it is coming. I sold my last Chicago property in 2024. Don’t want to be standing when the music stops.
Hurricanes every summer which might turn your life upside down, unaffordable home insurance, so incredibly hot & humid 5 months of the year that no one wants to be outside for more than 2 minutes... yeah, Florida sounds great!
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A year? Houses are selling the day they hit the market in biddings wars. Your agent wasn’t that great.
"And in Indiana you run from the po-po you will be chased , caught , arrested , and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law , and don’t you even think about battering or tormenting a officer."
Unless you live in Marion County (Indianapolis).
"So take your pick - $0.50 per gallon lower gas prices or $5,000 in your pocket."
We moved from Will County, IL to our current home in the Hoosier State over eight years ago. When we left the property taxes for our house in Will County were $1,000/month, $12K/year. Our current property taxes are roughly less than 25% of that. On a larger house on a larger lot. A Zillow of our old house shows the taxes are $15K/year as of last year. So conservatively speaking, saving $8 - $9K a year for eight years put anywhere from $64 - $72K back in our pockets. Beats the crap out of $5K / year.
The battery industry was very good to a place called Bhopal India back in the early eighties!!!
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