The population and tax base fleeing Chicago and Illinois aren’t as impressed with its progressive policies as their politicians profess to be. From Wirepoints.org via zerohedge.com:
Led by Gov. JB Pritzker in national TV appearances, the political establishment in Illinois and Chicago is listing its triumphs as the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nears. Mayor Brandon Johnson, too, is “looking to spread his vision for progressive governance on everything from raising wages for workers in Chicago to achieving a ceasefire in Gaza,” as The Nation recently put it.
Through a progressive’s lens, successes are real: a higher minimum wage, establishment of the state as an abortion haven, a major capital budget, aggressive green energy mandates, welcoming and sanctuary policies for migrants and more. We publish those claims as they are made. Illinois may indeed be “the most progressive state in the nation and damn proud of it,” as Gov. Pritzker says.
But there’s another side to the story, thousands of pages long, of severely crippling results of progressive policies.
What follows is a summary of the other consequences of progressive policies for Illinois and Chicago. Each point is documented by facts and data. Links are to original sources or to Wirepoints reports that cite the original sources.
They have muh weed.
Taxed three times and even more than the rate in the glorious peoples republic of Michigan.
It won’t solve the CPUSA (D) central HQ Chicago pension crisis.
The land of Ape Lincoln is commie AF.
How will the CPUSA (D) keep the pension paychecks coming and pander to all?
Ironic that all of the states that are losing population are CPUSA (D) strongholds?
Nope.
Breaking from Chick Corea:
Leprechaun’s Dream 1
Pigs at the trough.