Illinois Jobs Improve?
Nationally, the January jobs were double expectations, so obviously the economy is turning around.
Illinois lags behind (as usual) but shows "improvement for the first time in TWENTY-FIVE months, so that's a good thing, right?
Chicago businesses expanded in January for the first time in 25 months, according to the Chicago Business Barometer. Chicago had a score of 54.0 for the month, up from 43.5 the previous month. A score below 50 indicates decline.
The rebound in overall activity was driven by an increase in employment, which rose 17.5 points from December’s score, the lowest since 2009.
But (there's always a "but"), guess where the growth was?
- Almost all of the Chicago area’s job gains from November 2024 to November 2025 were in government with 19,800 and education and health services with 21,200. Professional and business services lost 11,200 jobs, and trade, transportation, and utilities lost 10,000.
So government grew. And how does the government pay for growth?
- increasing taxes
And what's still shrinking in Illinois?
- population
Meaning more taxes on the fewer remaining.
Nationally, the federal government cut over 42,000 jobs while Illinois added almost half that number to their payroll. This is not a sustainable model. We need to shrink state and local government.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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Speaking of not having a job.....T-1000 dropped his paper and is gone by the end of the month
With Pritzker, Johnson and Preckwinkle running the city, county and state what could be wrong?
Listen for their lies!
Watch for the tac increases.
Vote them out of office.
Illinois is the Army Pit of the Midwest. Complete incompetence of the Democrats.
what's the latest count of all the new "assistant mayor / deputy mayor " spots conehead made on the city payroll?
Reading where Zuckerberg just fled CA in anticipation of the "wealth tax". It's such a bad idea that Illinois will no doubt do the same
It is all about The Dole.
Me thinks the majority of people in the city, county, and state are too stupid to vote any other way than D.
Curious. All those new CPS employees? Awful lot of protestors on demand. Hmmm, Coincidence?
the IL communists (democrats) apparently have discovered a little known economic model that even Milton Friedman couldn't understand. They have a sustainable society where the parasites feed only on other parasites and somehow, this continues indefinitely. It's absolutely brilliant.
If you live in IL you need an exit strategy. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but have a plan. They will take by force everything you have worked for.
Who?
Liberal motto: "Eos Vectigare Donec Naso Sanguinem Effundant."
And fire all their aides, deputies, no shows and hang arounders in their offices.
Chicago Flips Red⁉️😳https://youtu.be/nJbOo9xdaQQ?si=OfyziFN7FDGbHbSj
The 'Auto Show' shows how far we have fallen. 1/2 a hall instead of 2 floors in the olden days. Lexus, Acura, Mercedes, Rover and other high end brands not there. Factory rep I talked to who has worked the show for over 10 years says they have never seen anything like it!
GO Progressives!
See mileage tax.
Since the communists are having trouble maintaining the influx of illegal immigrant (D) voters, the only way to shore up their dwindling voter base is to create more government jobs.
90%+ of those people vote (D), as if their lives depend on it.
Car 41 - Jerome
dems won't be happy til the state only has illegals and welfare mutts left
It’s all about VOTES. The more you hire, the more Dem votes you get. It’s almost as good as being in the Free Shit Army, where the votes reliably go Dem, (except you got to get up and go to work…..mostly….but not always.)
Who could even afford some of these vehicles anyway..nice to look at but no one buying. Same thing with the boat show..ever seen the prices?? Who the fuck is affording these thing in Illinois?
Unfortunately I never met Don Jerome but I willl miss those amusing quips posted on here about his street prowess. Hopefully the group will add Jerome anecdotes so we never forget this treasure that he apparently was. Also it’s nice to see the most interesting man in the world commercials are back. Jerome appears to be our most interesting man in department. Stay thirst.
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