The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Illinois’ massive pension debts as part of their piece detailing the growing secession movement in downstate counties and Indiana’s offer to absorb those counties. As the Board says: “when he runs for President in 2028, perhaps Gov. Pritzker can explain to voters why so many of his citizens want to flee his brand of tax-and-spend governance.”
Read Secession From Illinois Is in the Air HERE
Read more from Wirepoints:
- The next absurd bill from Illinois’ legislature: Removing student test scores from teacher evaluations
- Gov. Pritzker walks back his “no tax increase” comments…is a hike on the way?
- Another black mark. Illinois has nation’s 3rd-highest corporate income tax rate.
- Illinoisans should watch out for the next try at a progressive income tax on the November ballot
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
“Healthcare for people when they’re in need?” He means healthcare for people with no accountability. From the viewpoint of an ICU nurse in Illinois, the majority of our patients are not motor vehicle accidents or heart attacks, they’re GSWs, alcohol withdrawal, drug overdose, non-compliant DKA, etc. The vast majority of these patients pay NOTHING. They are Medicaid. Made possible by the ACA. Tax payers pay for every dime of their care. I have patients (frequent fliers) that run up MILLIONS in medical bills every year. This is millions EACH, not collectively. All because of their own lifestyle choices. And they… Read more »
JB is too stupid to realize he’s being trolled by Indiana state reps smarter than him and he falls for the bait every time because as you can recognize from the size of his waistline, the man has no self-control.
Oh…, I wish I were in the land of cotton, old times there are ne’er forgotten, look away, look away
just practicin’ muh secesh
I want to see a county do it because it will set precedents for other counties across the United States.
Would love to form a separate state– but not with any other state.
But I need a solid explanation of how this would be implemented (throwing out that certain elites and the DEMS would not want to anyway).
Again specifics. And as collar counties become more and more non-White and more DEM- well that issue would have to be examined or we could be in the same mess as we now are.
Fully support this secession movement! We are tired of not being represented and having our first amendment and second amendment rights stripped from us on a daily basis ..JB has a zero chance of ever being president is the worst governor ever
Please move to Indiana and raise the IQs of both states