Decisions being made during campaign season are pushing Illinoisans out of the state – Wirepoints joins Chicago’s Morning Answer on AM 560

Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski joined Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s Morning Answer. They discussed how decisions made during campaign season are pushing Illinoisans to move out of state.

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Gov. JB Pritzker is repackaging budget projections to suit his needs. A year ago, he delivered an abysmal five-year budget forecast with a sad face – timed to illustrate Illinois’ need for a federal bailout.

Today, he is all smiles touting the hard work of his administration to present such an optimistic budget forecast – as his juggles his gubernatorial duties with his campaign activities.

The same campaign interests will likely weigh on his decision regarding Illinois’ mask mandate – a rarity among Illinois’ neighboring states – and his slush fund spending. As the Chicago Tribune reported Nov. 24, the budget included for Gov. Pritzker a $2 billion fund to be spent without any input or appropriation from the legislature.

“Since 2000, we have lost almost 1.5 million people on net. That’s the equivalent of a Rockford, a Naperville, an Aurora, a Joliet, a Springfield, an Elgin, a Peoria, a Champaign, a Waukegan, a Cicero, a Bloomington, an Arlington Heights, and a Bolingbrook. We’ve wiped those out,” Dabrowski said. “The Illinoisans who weren’t docile were the ones who left. The ones who remain here are the ones who refuse to fight.”

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con
2 years ago

The unions and the state legislature has us over the barrel for the time being. Despair not. Their reprieve will not last forever. Be patient, friends.

Anonymous
2 years ago

They’re leaving.

charsiu
2 years ago

Please explain “on net”.

con
2 years ago
Reply to  charsiu

On net means, the people who moved here less the people who left the state for good.

Mike
2 years ago

Flight is fight?

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