"Volkswagen filed a federal lawsuit in December that described a bill which overwhelmingly passed both Illinois legislative chambers and was signed into law in 2021 as, 'crony capitalism at work: redistributive legislation that takes hundreds of millions of dollars from some (but not all) motor vehicle manufacturers and, for no public purpose, deposits that money directly into the pockets of politically favored Illinois (car) dealers.' The automaker claims the law is costing it an extra $10 million a year."
Clearly Volkswagen does not understand that it’s WHAT THE VOTERS WANT!
Tom Paine's Ghost
3 years ago
Wow. Rich Miller crawls out form under his rock and writes something outside of the officiall Democrat narrative. Dont let Madigan find out. While we are at it, how about ending the Illinois law that prevents auto dealers from being open on Sunday? Effectively is shrinks the market for consumers by forcing them to shop only on Saturday (what real worker has time to shop for cars during the week?) and reduces the number of potential viable cars to purchase. This shrunken number of purchase options for consumers jacks up auto sales prices. It’s a form of monopoly action that… Read more »
Easy to be overly-critical of the controlling party 3 months after they confirmed their place as the controlling party. The time for hard criticism is before the election.
Stewie the Roof Baby
3 years ago
Who would have thought that turning Illinois from a democracy into a thug unionocracy would be a bad idea?
debtsor
3 years ago
Rich is a complete goof but a broken clock can be right twice a day. Interestingly enough, there’s no real inside scoop in this article at all, other than publicly reported comments and some seemingly anonymous sources.
It’s correct to the extent that Rich purposely left out other pertinent or significant facts for him to push his narrative. His credibility is zero.
Lana
3 years ago
That’s the Criminal Chicago/Illinois Way
Poor Taxpayer
3 years ago
Business and jobs are fleeing Illinois at every opportunity they can. This is a recipe for failure. Run for your economic life, as this is only going to get worse.
Go away Miller.
Hack. You are no longer relevant.
Disclose your sources of income please.
Clearly Volkswagen does not understand that it’s WHAT THE VOTERS WANT!
Wow. Rich Miller crawls out form under his rock and writes something outside of the officiall Democrat narrative. Dont let Madigan find out. While we are at it, how about ending the Illinois law that prevents auto dealers from being open on Sunday? Effectively is shrinks the market for consumers by forcing them to shop only on Saturday (what real worker has time to shop for cars during the week?) and reduces the number of potential viable cars to purchase. This shrunken number of purchase options for consumers jacks up auto sales prices. It’s a form of monopoly action that… Read more »
Easy to be overly-critical of the controlling party 3 months after they confirmed their place as the controlling party. The time for hard criticism is before the election.
Who would have thought that turning Illinois from a democracy into a thug unionocracy would be a bad idea?
Rich is a complete goof but a broken clock can be right twice a day. Interestingly enough, there’s no real inside scoop in this article at all, other than publicly reported comments and some seemingly anonymous sources.
Still, it’s a very good article and, as far as I can tell, he got the facts right.
It’s correct to the extent that Rich purposely left out other pertinent or significant facts for him to push his narrative. His credibility is zero.
That’s the Criminal Chicago/Illinois Way
Business and jobs are fleeing Illinois at every opportunity they can. This is a recipe for failure. Run for your economic life, as this is only going to get worse.