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.”
In Libland, there is no pension crisis, so the ZeroHedge piece would make no sense. I remember an instance when I pointed out a $4 billion unfunded pension liability on a school district balance sheet to a teacher and her response was–no, there is no pension problem. Millenials accuse Katy Perry of killing a nun but they can’t see the connection between pensions and crumbling classrooms.