LET'S HEAR IT FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT – AT 11:51 A.M. ET:  Illinois was once known as the land of Lincoln.  Of course, Lincoln is out of style, so maybe we'd better call it the land of Barack Obama.  And Obamaland is having some really serious problems.  All roads lead outward.  From Breitbart:   

Illinois is losing more citizens than nearly every other state, and according to reports, the biggest reason citizens are leaving is that they can no longer afford to live in the Land of Lincoln.

Certainly, Americans move from place to place for a large variety of reasons. From new jobs, to schooling, to weather and family, Americans are a people motivated by the need for change. But in Illinois, one of the major reasons to seek a change of venue is because the state is simply taxing them out of their homes, according to Chicago’s WGN TV.

According to reports, Illinois alone lost 33,703 citizens to outward migration last year. In 2016, the state lost another 37,508 people. A report by the Chicago Tribune also noted that Chicago has been a net loser of its citizens for the last three years running. And the surrounding county was also a net loser of its population.

Indeed, Chicago is unique in the U.S. for being the only major city that has consistently lost citizens over the last five years. The Tribune’s editorial board even published an editorial saying that it no longer makes any sense to live in Illinois.

Because so many citizens are leaving, Illinois dropped from fifth-largest state to number six in 2017, the Tribune reported last year.

One Chicago couple who moved to Tennessee told WGN that the move gave them back an amazing 25 percent of their income that would no longer be lost to property taxes and other expenses associated with living in the deep blue state of Illinois.

Another ex-Chicagoan told WGN that her property tax in Tennessee was the same as those she paid in Chicago, but the size of her property in the Volunteer State is far larger than what she had back home.

Best-selling author Brad Thor, who calls himself an “economic refugee,” told WGN that he fled Chicago to stop “aiding and abetting” the city’s corruption.

COMMENT:  The problem is, many of the people leaving are in the middle class.  The people who run Illinois don't care about them.  They care about the very rich, who fund their campaigns, and the very poor, who are trapped, but will vote for them to maintain "services."  It's the ideal combination for a dim future.  But hey, let the bought politicians and the poverty pimps reign.  What could go wrong?

May 23, 2018