The most dysfunctional state in America?
Soaring unemployment, sky-rocketing debt
and punishing taxes send residents fleeing
Daily Mail (UK), by Lewis Pennock
Posted By: Imright, 5/3/2024 1:42:47 PM
Move over California and New York, a new state is in contention for the 'most dysfunctional' in America. Illinois is grappling with a string of issues which have triggered a rise in residents departing the state. The state has struggled to add jobs and its public pension debt has ballooned to nearly $150 billion. Meanwhile, its population has declined, hurting tax income. Conservative thinktanks have now grouped Illinois with other blue states like New York and California, which have also faced an exodus amid issues ranging from immigration to crime. 'Unemployment rates are very high; wage growth is lagging
I kinda think all of us here know this already. They are taking it one state at a time and thoroughly saturating it with illegals to ensure they can rig the election, plain and simple. Where do you think your state fits in; how many illegals have flooded your town. I'm in Texas and they are desperate to try and take this state blue. The four biggest cities, Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas, are all demoncrap hellholes and it really pisses me off because Austin was once a beautiful, diverse and friendly city when I raised my daughter there in the 80s and 90s but now we won't even think of going up there and it is usually only along the IH-35 corridor when we go to the cemetery in Pflugerville, TX.