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Originally Posted by Vlajos
I absolutely believe loosening regulation will help stem our massive population loss. Our regulatory environment caues businesses to struggle and close, slowing economic growth, job growth, and driving population loss.
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If that's the case, then Chicago and Illinois have an extremely easy path to go from being merely prosperous to being a globally significant economic region. Most problems don't have solutions require investment and aren't as easy as "remove some unnecessary laws."
Me, I think it's obvious that Chicago was the most significant manufacturing center of not just the Midwest, but the world, for decades. The almost complete transformation of that industry is a generational drag that we're just starting to fully recover from. Coupled with that is an aging population that will continue to retire away from employment centers for the next decade.
If we can sustain modest growth and leverage our significant assets until 2030, Illinois will be in a position to take advantage of those assets without having to drop our pants.