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.”
Who will pay? More importantly, who decides that for which payment is required? And who DELIVERS it? For 50 years people waxed in the belief that “we” could afford to ameliorate all the ills of the world. “We” could cure cancer, provide unlimited medical services, end warfare, feed all who could not (or would not) act to feed themselves, or provide a “dignified” life (whatever that subjectively entails) to all, regardless of their own actions or just bad luck. This resulted in high-sounding, emotionally-satisfying pledges to provide all manner of benefits and services to people, especially children, and no one… Read more »