IL Freedom Caucus: Poor Business Climate in Illinois Makes It Harder to Keep Companies

Springfield, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Illinois Freedom Caucus is issuing the next assertion on the information Stellantis is idling its Jeep Cherokee plant in Belvidere by the tip of February.

“This determination impacts about 1,350 staff and may have a devastating influence on the Belvidere neighborhood. The plant is being closed for a wide range of components however one of many fundamental causes cited is the price to transition to the manufacturing of electrical autos. Given the Pritzker Administration’s eagerness to advertise electrical autos, the query must be requested – why couldn’t Illinois persuade Stellantis to repurpose the Belvidere plant?

The reply is we will’t present sufficient incentives to beat Illinois’ poor enterprise local weather. Whereas Stellantis is shuttering a plant in Illinois and costing our state 1,350 jobs, the corporate is investing $2.5 billion in a plant in Kokomo, IN and creating 1,400 jobs within the Hoosier state. Illinois is just not solely shedding out on the Stellantis battery plant however is now 0-18 in attracting battery vegetation.

Illinois ranks because the third-worst state for doing enterprise based on Chief Govt Journal. The mix of over-regulation, excessive staff’ compensation prices and excessive taxes – to not point out the excessive price of vitality due to Gov. Pritzker’s ill-advised CEJA laws – all makes it tough for Illinois recruit and as importantly to retain companies. Illinois has already misplaced Boeing, Caterpillar, and Tyson. Now it’s shedding a significant automobile manufacturing plant. We will not ignore the toll unhealthy insurance policies are having on our economic system. We needs to be a frontrunner for financial development not a state companies can’t wait to flee. Actual jobs are being misplaced. Households in Belvidere are going to spend Christmas questioning how they’ll pay their payments subsequent yr. That is the real-world influence of JB Pritzker’s inept management.”

The Illinois Freedom Caucus is comprised of State Representatives Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich); Chris Miller (R-Oakland); Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville); Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher Metropolis) and Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur). The members of the Illinois Freedom Caucus are members of the Illinois Common Meeting who’re advocating for restricted authorities, decrease taxes and accountability and integrity in authorities.