>> IF YOU ARE FEELING ANGRY AT

STATE LAWMAKERS, YOU ARE NOT

ALONE.

A NEW SURVEY BY THE AARP OF

ILLINOIS SHOWS THAT STATE VOTERS

HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE AND A LOT

OF ANGER FOR STATE LAWMAKERS.

IT'S EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION WITH

THE FISCAL CRISIS AND HALF SAID

THEY CONSIDERED MOVING IN THE

LAST YEAR.

JOINING US TO SHARE DETAILS OF

WHAT THE SURVEY SAYS IS ROSANNA

MARQUEZ PRESIDENT OF AARP

ILLINOIS AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO

TONIGHT."

THIS WAS A STATE-WIDE SURVEY OF

VOTERS ABOVE THE AGE OF 25.

AARP WHY NOT VOTERS ABOVE THE

AGE OF 50?

>> WE LEARNED IT IS A CONCERN

THIS ISSUE IS A CONCERN TO ALL

FAMILIES ALL VOTERS ALL PEOPLE

IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

TO GIVE AS MUCH POWER AND FORCE

TO THE VOICE OF THOSE FRUSTRATED

VOTERS WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THE

ENTIRETY OF THE VOTING PUBLIC IN

ILLINOIS.

THEY ARE ALL CONCERNED NOT JUST

THE 50 PLUS.

>> AND THERE'S ANGER IF ONE

LOOKS AT WHAT YOU FOUND ANGER

OVER ILLINOIS FINANCES ON A

SCALE OF 1-5 WE FIND THAT 37%

SAY THEY ARE AT NUMBER 5

EXTREMELY ANGRY AND 28% SAY THEY

ARE AT AN ANGER LEVEL OF 4.

WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU?

>> IT'S TELLING US A COUPLE OF

THINGS.

ONE IS THEY ARE TIRED OF NOT

HAVING THE STATE'S FINANCES

ADDRESSED BY OUR ELECTED

OFFICIALS AND BY CANDIDATES.

THEY ARE NOT SEEING PROGRESS.

WE TIMELY HAD A STATE BUDGET

THIS YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE

THAT LAWMAKERS DECLARED VICTORY.

AND VOTERS SAW BEYOND THAT.

THEY KNOW THERE IS A LOT MORE

THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THE

STATE ON FISCAL HEALTH AND THEY

ARE HEARING NO TALK ABOUT THE

SOLUTIONS THEY ARE NOT SEEING

SIGNS OF PROGRESS.

THEIR CONFIDENCE LEVEL AND

INDEED ANGER LEVEL IS HIGH.

THEY SEE THE PROBLEMS LOOMING

AHEAD AND NO SOLUTIONS BEING

TALKED ABOUT.

AND IT IS AN ELECTION SEASON AND

HEARING THE RHETORIC AND ALL

SORTS OF ANYTHING BUT WHAT IS ON

PEOPLE'S MINDS WHICH IS THE

STATE'S FISCAL HEALTH.

>> AND YOU TOOK HAD A QUESTION

REGARDING THE GENERAL MOOD OF

VOTERS AND LET'S LOOK AT THAT

REGARDING THE GENERAL DIRECTION

THE STATE IS TAKING.

71% SAY THE STATE IS ON THE

WRONG TRACK.

56% BELIEVE THE ECONOMY IS

WORSE.

GLOOM NUMBERS.

>> IT IS.

THEY ARE VOTING HALF ARE TALKING

ABOUT LEAVING THE STATE.

ALMOST THREE QUARTERS SAID THEY

KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO TALKED ABOUT

LEAVING THE STATE AND THIS IS

NOT JUST TALK PEOPLE ARE VOTING

WITH THEIR FEET FOR THE SECOND

YEAR IN A ROW.

ILLINOIS IS ONLY BEHIND NEW

JERSEY IN THE NUMBER OF

OUTMIGRATION OF RESIDENTS AND

COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS THEY ARE

LEAVING AND TELL US THE REASONS

THEY ARE LEAVING ARE IN ORDER,

HIGH TAXES, GOVERNMENT

MISMANAGEMENT AND THE HIGH COST

OF LIVING.

THIS IS THE STUFF THEY ARE

WORRYING ABOUT AND THE REASON

THEY ARE THREATENING AND INDEED

LEAVING THE STATE.

>> ASIDE FROM THE STATE'S

GENERAL ECONOMIC HEALTH THERE IS

ALSO STRONG FEEDBACK ABOUT

PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL

CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND LET'S LOOK AT THAT.

THE PERSONAL ECONOMIC SITUATIONS

SINCE 2015 ACCORDING TO THE

PEOPLE YOU SURVEYED, 39% SAY

THAT IT IS GOTTEN WORSE.

AND ABOUT 39% STAYED THE SAME.

SO BASICALLY ONLY 20% OR SO SAY

WHAT IT'S GOTTEN BETTER FOR

THEM?

1-5 PEOPLE.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

SO THEY SEE THEY HAVE THAT GREAT

CONCERN THEY HAVE THAT CONCERN

AND THEY SEE THINGS ARE GOING TO

GET WORSE.

AND THE SURVEY TALKED ABOUT

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS THAT PEOPLE

MAY BE WILLING TO TOLERATE AND

IT'S ALL CLEAR TO OUR VOTERS AND

THOSE WHO RESPONDED TO THE

SURVEY THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT

OF PAIN.

PAIN ON ALL SIDES.

AND THE LONGER IT TAKES TO FIX

THIS FISCAL MESS, THE MORE PAIN

THERE'S GOING TO BE.

SO THINGS ARE GETTING NO BETTER

OR WORSE, AND THEY SEE WORSE

TIMES AHEAD GIVEN THE DIRECTION

THE STATE IS CURRENTLY GOING.

>> YOU ELUDED TO THIS BUT THE

FACT THAT SO MUCH HAS BEEN MADE

IN THE POLITICAL ARENA ABOUT

PEOPLE LEAVING ILLINOIS AND YET,

THE STATISTICS THAT YOU COME UP

WITH, BEAR THAT OUT AND JUST TO

REITERATE, HALF OF THE PEOPLE

THAT YOU SURVEYED ARE

CONSIDERING LEAVING ILLINOIS AND

THREE QUARTERS KNOW SOMEONE WHO

IS.

AND AS FOR THE REASONS PEOPLE

ARE LEAVING ILLINOIS AS YOU

MENTIONED NUMBER ONE, HIGH

TAXES, NUMBER TWO, GOVERNMENT

MISMANAGEMENT, AND NUMBER THREE,

THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.

DID YOU HAVE ANY ANECDOTAL

EVIDENCE?

WERE THERE ANY PARTICULAR

COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE MADE?

>> THEY DID, WELL, THIS WAS MORE

DATA BUT WE HAVE HAD AS PART OF

THE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH CAMPAIGN

THAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING FOR

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE

HAD HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE

STATE WHERE WE'VE HEARD A NUMBER

OF INDIVIDUAL STORIES.

AND OFTEN WHAT IT WILL BE IS I

GOT MY LAST PROPERTY TAX BILL

AND THAT BROKE MY BACK IT WAS

TIME TO MOVE.

AND BY THE WAY, IT'S MUCH BETTER

HERE IN INDIANA.

WE HAD A COUPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT

THIS.

IT'S SO MUCH BETTER WE THINK OUR

FRIENDS SHOULD JOIN US HERE

BECAUSE THE LAST STRAW WAS

SOMETHING LIKE THEIR LAST

PROPERTY TAX BILL AND A NUMBER

OF US ARE GETTING THE NEXT

PROPERTY TAX BILL AND IT WILL

NOT BE A GREAT SURPRISE IF IT

FORCES A FEW OTHER PEOPLE TO

MAKE THAT DIFFICULT CHOICE TO

LEAVE THIS OTHERWISE WONDERFUL

STATE.

>> YOU ASKED PEOPLE WHAT THEIR

IDEAS WERE AND THE MOST

ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS MIGHT BE.

AND WHAT DID YOU FIND?

>> WELL, ON THE A LOTTED OF

DIVIDED OPINIONS.

TWO WAYS TO LOOK.

WHERE CAN WE SAVE COSTS AND

WHERE CAN WE RAISE MORE MONEY.

A LOT OF OPINIONS ON THE COST

SIDE.

ON THE REVENUE SIDE, MAYBE

SURPRISINGLY BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S

PAIN.

THERE ARE AT THREE SOLUTIONS

THAT DREW A MAJORITY OF

SUPPORTERS.

THE FIRST ONE WAS TO MOVE TO A

GRADUATED INCOME TAX SYSTEM.

>> WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

>> IT WOULD.

THERE ARE HOOPS THAT HAVE TO GET

THROUGH BUT VOTERS ARE SAYING WE

KNOW IT WILL TAKE WORK AND WE

KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A

COMPLICATED BUT YOU NEED TO

START MOVING ON THIS.

>> AND TWO AND THREE?

>> TWO WAS TO EXPAND LEGALIZED

GAMBLING IN ILLINOIS.

AGAIN, NONE OF THESE ARE THINGS

PEOPLE ARE CRAZY ABOUT BUT THEY

ARE WILLING TO TOLERATE.

AND THE THIRD IS TO INCREASE THE

INCOME TAX ON THOSE EARNING $1