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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: locogringo who wrote (111300)8/25/2011 10:55:22 AM
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Illinois Loses Most Jobs in Nation Following Massive Tax Increase
Mike Brownfield

August 24, 2011 at 3:07 pm

Correlation doesn’t necessarily equal causation, but some disturbing correlations are evident in the nation’s economic woes.

Take Illinois. If you take a look at the chart below, you can see a startling picture. In Illinois, employment numbers increased steadily until January 2011, at which point they took a sharp dip downward—the same time that state’s governor announced plans to increase the personal income tax rate by 67 percent and the corporate rates by 46 percent. And things keep getting worse.



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