It’s known here as The Exodus.
People are leaving Illinois in droves. Republicans blame the state’s high taxes and its unfunded pension liability, which tops $130 billion. Democrats believe it’s the state’s lack of investment in education and infrastructure.
One thing is certain: Illinois’ population has declined by 157,000 residents over the past five years, making it one of only two states — West Virginia is the other — to lose people over the past decade.
Illinois’ predicament is a perfect storm of declining manufacturing, stagnant immigration, declining birth rates, young people leaving for college and never coming back, long-standing economic discrimination against black residents, high housing costs, and the continued draw of residents to the Sun Belt.
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ReplyDeleteI thought it was because the Bears suck
ReplyDelete"Democrats believe it’s the state’s lack of investment in education and infrastructure."
ReplyDeleteI lived in Illinois. Believe me the lack of investment in education and infrastructure has nothing to do with how much they spend on it, but has all to do with how much winds up in the dumbocrats pockets through corruption, bribes, and kickbacks.
Economic discrimination against black people?? Cone up with something new already. It's not everyone else's fault they choose to be uneducated thug drug dealing gang bangers
ReplyDeleteA lot of them are leaving in body bags.
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