Illinois, along with California, Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia, are among the worst states in the country for businesses because of their legal climates, according to survey of corporate attorneys released Monday.
Two Illinois counties did not fare well in the survey by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s institute for legal reform, either. Cook County was named the most unfair and unreasonable jurisdiction, and Madison County was named the sixth most unfair county. …
Illinois’ ranking this year, 46th among the 50 states in terms of the fairness of its litigation environment, compares with previous rankings of the 45th worst state in 2010 and the 46th worst in 2008.via Chicago Tribune.
So we’ve been terrible; no one’s done anything about it so we’re still terrible. I see. Hey Gov. Quinn, Anybody home down there?
We have the worst pensions in the country and and a unfair and unreasonable legal environment. It’s no wonder that businesses don’t want to be here.
Add to that mess that fact that:
Chicago, the city that brought us deep-dish pizza, Oprah and “da Bears,” is also home to the nation’s highest tax burden for travelers.
via Chicago Tribune.
So if you’re a business here you know that it hard to do business with other businesses because it’s expensive to travel here. This is also a huge burden on tourists… who used to come here in droves until downtown wildlings become common-place.
Rahm has a full plate. Maybe he should get busy trying to solve a few of these problems instead of non-stop fundraising for Obama.