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.”
“Is it because these children don’t look like children that are around you?”
Politicians have always been scum, and politician jokes have been around forever, so comments like this are not unexpected, but as much as I like Trump, his hyperbole unleashed a level of vitriol and nastiness unseen in american politics. Chuy just called the former director of ICE a racist who hates brown children. 10 years ago no politician would have crossed that line, but these days, every horrible accusation is routinely tossed out at the opposition.