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Illinois is one of the least affected states during federal shutdown

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* It’s possible that the federal shutdown could end soon, but this is still useful information…

Hi Rich,

With the U.S. government closed for business for the 19th time since 1976 and a lot of blame going back and forth, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the States Most & Least Affected by the 2018 Government Shutdown to add some hard data to all the rhetoric.

WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia in terms of six key metrics, ranging from each state’s share of federal jobs and contracts to the percentage of kids covered by CHIP. You can check out some of the main findings below.

Impact of the Government Shutdown on Illinois (1=Most Affected, 25=Avg.):

40th - Share of Federal Jobs
35th - Federal Contract Dollars Per Capita
39th - Small Business Lending Per Capita
27th - Real Estate as a Percentage of GSP
49th - Access to National Parks
23rd - % of Children under CHIP

The full report is here. Illinois ranked 44th overall. Indiana was 49th, Michigan was 50th and Minnesota was 51st.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 11:09 am

Comments

1. It’s true. Not much of our federal taxes get back to us.

   Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 11:16 am

2. I’d love to see the top ten states for federal jobs. Maryland and Virginia are given but.

   Comment by Almost the Weekend Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 11:20 am

3. I could see road and education money hurting at some point but that is about it.AK DC and HI are the other states in top 5 employees.

   Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 11:33 am

4. Not surprising, we get very little back from the Federal government. Our congressional representation is atrocious

   Comment by Ron Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 11:48 am

5. I thought Illinois had a President for 8 years and the #2 Democrat in the Senate for the past 12 years.

   It is a shame they can’t bring more Federal dollars back to Illinois. Not going to get any better with all if the resist Trump rhetoric.

   Given the general attitudes about Washington DC by the voters, the best solution would be to spread more of the Federal workforce around the country.

   There is no reason to have 5 of the 6 wealthiest counties in America be the Washington DC suburbs.

   https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/richest-counties-in-the-united-states.html

   Comment by Lucky Pierre Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 11:53 am

6. 72 years on this planet and I am just learning that the role of THE federal govt was to send money my way. No wonder I am such a failure.

   Comment by Blue dog dem Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 12:38 pm

7. Red states are expert at extracting Federal goodies.

   Comment by Ron Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 1:25 pm

8. I wonder why WalletHub doesn’t add a metrix that factors in SS,Medicair/Medicaid and if it did what that would do to rankings.

   Comment by blue dog dem Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 1:33 pm

9. https://people.howstuffworks.com/which-states-give-the-most-the-federal-government-which-get-the-most.htm

   Comment by Ron Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 1:52 pm

10. We need way better leadership representing Illinois in D.C. if we hope to see more federal money come back to Illinois. Personally, I hope we see turnover of at least 6 Congressional Seats this year, including in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 13th, & 14th.

    Those who crave bi-partisanship will love my list as it features 3 Democrats and 3 Republicans. We need Newman over Lipinski, Mustafa over Quigley, and Clark over Davis in the Dem Primary. Would love Dr. Gill to be the nominee in the 13th. All are Justice Democrats.

    Comment by Blue Dogs are Blind, Deaf , & Dumb Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 2:14 pm

11. I wonder why this article does not mention the education dollars IL gets from the feds?

    Comment by Mama Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 3:52 pm

12. How does IL place for Social Security and Medicare?

    Comment by Mama Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 3:54 pm

13. Pretty sure SS and Medicare is included in these numbers.

    Comment by Ron Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 4:45 pm

14. We have a younger population than the national average, so that should indicate we get less as well.

    Comment by Ron Monday, Jan 22, 18 @ 4:46 pm

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