A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
Lightfoot says she wants to close a nearly Billion with a capital B dollar gap but doesn’t want to harm poor people or raise taxes to drive away business….She said there will be hard choices. She knows what she’s got to do. Bust the unions, slash the budget, downsize CPS signficantly, and most importantly, get rid of the poor people who are being subsidized by the wealthy. Why in the world should the $200k+ a year dual income household pay for a police force that does most of its work on the south and west sides? Isn’t there a way… Read more »