Elections have consequences.....

Reporting from the people's republic of Illinois.  Over the last week, the democrat dominated state of Illinois has passed a number of new laws that make it difficult for me to pick the worst item the dems have legislated.  Take your pick.  Recreational marijuana.  Sports gambling.  Doubling the gas tax.  Large increases to parking fees and vehicle registrations. OR, today's incredible passage......$1600 annual pay increase for our legislators!  Sure it's easy for dems to pass tax increases when they simply raise their pay to insulate themselves from their own tax increases.  It's no wonder why folks are fleeing Illinois.

Yes, elections have consequences.  Better than 60% dems in House and Senate, and a brand new fat assed dem governor as well.  It won't be long and the Feds will have to send us a bail out package.

Illinois - the "new" California...

Lol, no comment from the dems here.  I thought for sure this had to be President's fault somehow.

How come you're not fleeing Illinois?    You've complained about living there for as long as you've posted on this board.  I lived in Chicago for 10 years.....great food....great theatre district...but shitty weather and ridiculously high taxes.

I didn't cry.  I moved.  

(PS - I dont know if this is suppossed to be some sort of indictment against Democrats.    But I'm sure you are aware Illionois has been ruled by a Republican Governor for 2 out 3 years since 1970.   But I dont defend Democrats in that state either.   I would conclude the whole state government is a clusterfuck) 

From businessinsider.com: "These are the top 10 states people are moving out of."

1. New York lost 164,681 residents between 2016 and 2017.

Mostly from upstate . . . and mostly influenced by economics - poor job market, high taxes (especially property taxes), and high cost of living.  "While running for reelection in 2018 Governor Cuomo hypothesized that the cold winters in Upstate New York could be to blame."

2. Illinois lost 142,685 residents between 2016 and 2017.

"The State reported a population loss for the fifth consecutive year according to census data released in April.  Illinois Policy, a conservative and libertarian think tank, says the data shows that mostly working-age adults are leaving the state, and blames the lack of job opportunities and high taxes for the exodus." 

3. California lost 137,598 residents between 2016 and 2017.

"In February, Edelman Intelligence released a survey showing that 53% of Californians were considering leaving.  Sixty percent of the respondents cited housing (costs) as their main reason for wanting to leave."  

4. New Jersey lost 69,278 residents between 2016 and 2017.

(Poor old DonDiego sees no need to cite the reasons why people are leaving New Jersey, . . . . it's New Jersey ! ! !)

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A quick look at US State credit ratings on wikipedia confirms that Illinois has the lowest credit rating of the 50 States followed by California and New Jersey.  

It would seem the Founding Fathers plan for the United States to comprise semi-independent States offers the wise residents of financially-troubled States an opportunity to escape to more intelligently governed jurisdictions.

My brother left the state of Illinois due to high property taxes, high income taxes, and because of the state's insolency.  His words not mine.  He and his wife moved into a new $1.5 mllion home in Asheville, NC last five days ago.  I'll be flying there from Indianapolis this Saturday, meeting my three older brothers.  His best friend, Kevin, also left the state of Illinois for Asheville for the same reasons that my brother left.  His house will be more in the $2.5 million range.  Kevin is renting in NC while his home is completed.

And what do those 4 states have in common?  Democrats.  

The Decline and Fall of Illinois

Unfortunately, Nevada seems to be going that way.  All kinds of horrible laws were passed this legislative session.  It's always the same things like: schools need more funding, yet they have gotten an increase in funding the last few years - but nothing changes.  The money just goes to pad the unions.

Also, Nevada has a terrible voter fraud problem.  There is not Voter ID, and in the 2 weeks of early voting, there are buses that come from somewhere and vote en masse.  This last time, then the last night of early voting, buses showed up about 15 minutes before the close and were forced to stay open and everyone got to vote on proviosional ballots which get counted.  Then the night of the election, same thing with hundreds of people showing up 15 minutes before close.  This time, there were mariachi bands and pizza delivery to accompany the long lines.  The voting finally was shut off at 10:15 pm, and of course all democrats won (except one RINO), and all the propositions and judges went the wrong way - the way the unions like to vote.

So your evidence of voter fraud is that lots of voters showed up on buses....had to wait in line for hours to vote...and culminanated in Democrats winning elections.  

The only evidence of a of a problem I see in your description is people having to wait in Line for hours to vote.