Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
The dearth of rural prosecutors is just another symptom of IL’s slow demise. Springfield wants all of the deplorables to die of opioid deaths or leave the state, and now the only people remaining in rural areas are farmers, tweakers and state employees. What a shame.