During debate, Sen. Shelli Yoder cited a Ball State tabulation that found that the 33 counties that have already voted to split Illinois would be the second-lowest income state in the country if they were a state. However, Sen Scott Baldwin said that the economies of the counties would grow under Indiana’s low regulation, low-tax business environment: “the grass is always greener on the other side is what I hear a lot, but really the grass is always greener where you water it. We water it here in Indiana."
For the record, there are two organizations in Illinois advocating for the creation of a new state – New Illinois and Illinois Separation Referendum. Both organizations eschew any association with Red-State Secession. Red-State Secession is not based in Illinois and advocates for splitting the United States into more than one country. They are not open about this in public. Neither New Illinois nor Illinois Separation Referendum uses the word “secession.” We are pursuing the legal, constitutional formation of a new state. Our allegiance is to the United States. We are following in the footsteps of Maine, which was once part… Read more »
For the record, there are two organizations in Illinois advocating for the creation of a new state – New Illinois and Illinois Separation Referendum. Both organizations eschew any association with Red-State Secession. Red-State Secession is not based in Illinois and advocates for splitting the United States into more than one country. They are not open about this in public. Neither New Illinois nor Illinois Separation Referendum uses the word “secession.” We are pursuing the legal, constitutional formation of a new state. Our allegiance is to the United States. We are following in the footsteps of Maine, which was once part… Read more »