High taxes (or the prospect thereof) have you wishing there was something you could do?

Some cities have expressed desires to break free from high tax districts.

Griffith, Indiana wants to leave Calumet Township because it is a donor city.

Palatine, Illinois hopes to become a part of Lake County, Illinois.

And, now there’s talk of forming a new Illinois county — Lincoln County.

Eric Zorn posts about how Cook County’s residents could break away — it would require a majority of resident signatures.

Of course, the easy way to break free from Cook County’s high taxes is to vote with your feet — Northwest Indiana isn’t too far away.

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Stats Indiana’s commuting profile shows an interesting phenomenon.  Significant numbers of workers commuting into Lake County from Cook County and other places in Illinois.

While it is easy to think of the 41,000+ workers who commute to Chicago and other parts of Illinois daily, it is even easier to forget that Lake County, Indiana is attracting Illinois workers.

Maybe that’s a reason why Northwest Indiana is 39 out of 100 on the list of best places to find a job.

Technorati Tags: Cook County, economy, employment, jobs, Lake County

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