Worker's comp is a pretty complex insurance issue. It doesn't surprise me that a trial lawyer would like the current system. IL has the eighth highest cost per employee for WC insurance in the country. CA and NJ are 1 & 2. It's like trying to reform the out of control disability system, the leaches are going to fight any changes to a lawyer slush fund.

If you care about jobs and the cost of doing business in the state, then it is a relevant issue.

But I get it, taxes and costs of doing business don't matter to MANY because someone else pays them. When jobs move to other states or out of the country, we can just blame the employers. Because they're lying to us when they say the cost of doing business matters.

It will never change as long as the property tax and pension obligations burden the working people. And because pensions are guaranteed through the Constitution, it will have to be massive property tax overhaul. Indiana and even crazy California cap property tax at 1% of home value and only goes up when the home is appraised for more. How can anyone ever truly own their home when they are paying $10+ thousand every year in property taxes? If my wife wasn't a teacher, we would have left this state a while ago.

The funny thing is I bet most of the pensioners run from the state as soon as they can collect. All of that Illinois pension money being paid out is doing great things for the Arizona economy

MANY people use that mony to help work on THEM SELF!

MANY people use that mony to help work on THEM SELF!

What people do with their money is their business, but the larger point is that whether it is spending money on housing, groceries, transportation, etc. they are spending it in another locale and putting the money into that economy. If Illinois had a less toxic environment, then perhaps more of that money would stay in place as retirees move for reasons outside of just warmer temperatures.

What people do with their money is their business, but the larger point is that whether it is spending money on housing, groceries, transportation, etc. they are spending it in another locale and putting the money into that economy. If Illinois had a less toxic environment, then perhaps more of that money would stay in place as retirees move for reasons outside of just warmer temperatures.

That's quite a stretch there. I'm sure all the states in the Midwest see most retirees leave as 65 years of winter eventually gets old.

Then why does Illinois have a higher out-migration than any other Midwest state?