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Grokmaster
03-05-2018, 06:35 PM
And , of course, the Lie-o-crats are trying to lie about it...


The left always seeks to blame its failures on everything, and everyone else.



Mass Exodus From States Run By Top Democratic Governors Continues


The Democratic Governors Association, in an attempt to attack Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) tweeted (https://twitter.com/DemGovs/status/943588039535878146) this week about how 33,000 people left Illinois for another state over the past year, continuing years of outmigration from the Land of Lincoln.

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4:04 PM - Dec 20, 2017 (https://twitter.com/DemGovs/status/943588039535878146)


With that tweet, the DGA is trying to make the public dumber. The DGA knows full well that Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn’t run his state. That would be House Speaker Mike Madigan (D), who has presided over the decline of a once great state during his 34 years as Speaker. By attempting to pin Illinois’ continued decline on Gov. Rauner, the DGA is either ignorant about how Illinois politics works, or they are lying. Most likely the latter, but either way it’s not good.

The DGA wants to talk about the 33,000 people who have fled Speaker Mike Madigan’s Illinois over the last year. What they won’t be touting is the fact that during the administration of Gov. Pat Quinn (D), Rauner’s predecessor, 247,410 people on net left Illinois for the likes of North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Arizona, and other states that are better stewards of taxpayer dollars. Those 247,410 people who left during Gov. Quinn’s time in office, according to IRS migration data (https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-migration-data), took $13.7 billion with them to states that that are better run and have lower taxes.

The DGA really doesn’t want to dive into interstate migration data, as it does not reflect well on their most prominent governors. Let’s start by looking at what has happened in California since Jerry Brown became governor again in January of 2011.

Since Gov. Brown was sworn in, becoming the oldest governor in state history, 243,099 people have fled California on net for other states, taking $7.794 billion with them to states that don’t have such high taxes and onerous regulations that make housing unaffordable for middle class households. The top recipients of Golden State refugees last year were Texas and Nevada, two states that have zero income tax. California, meanwhile, levies the highest top marginal income tax rate in the nation. Policy, like elections, has consequences.





https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2017/12/23/mass-exodus-from-states-run-by-democratic-machines-continues/#5f20bcf26d6a

pragmatic
03-05-2018, 06:46 PM
As a governor Bruce Rauner is pretty underwhelming.

But you are absolutely correct about the death grip Mike Madigan has had on this state for 30+ years. He controls all the taxpayer money as well as essentially all the campaign financing booty. That second part translates to Madigan controlling who gets re-elected. As Speaker of the House he is the puppet master.

Grokmaster
03-05-2018, 07:30 PM
As a governor Bruce Rauner is pretty underwhelming.

But you are absolutely correct about the death grip Mike Madigan has had on this state for 30+ years. He controls all the taxpayer money as well as essentially all the campaign financing booty. That second part translates to Madigan controlling who gets re-elected. As Speaker of the House he is the puppet master.

He is faced with the veto-proof Lie-o-crat majority in Illinois. Mostly due to MASSIVE GERRYMANDERING, which the Lie-o-crats claim to "oppose"...despite the fact that they INVENTED IT.

Not to mention, he does not appear to be headed for prison, which is kind of a break from Illinois gubernatorial "tradition", is it not?

Ethereal
03-05-2018, 07:41 PM
This is why Democrats generally hate the concept of federalism (unless it serves their agenda, then they love it), because federalism gives Americans the FREEDOM to escape the Democrat mafia. That is why Democrats generally want more consolidation with the federal government, so they can turn the entire country into one big Detroit, with Democrat kingpins sitting at the top lining their pockets with boatloads of taxpayer money.

Grokmaster
03-05-2018, 07:44 PM
This is why Democrats generally hate the concept of federalism (unless it serves their agenda, then they love it), because federalism gives Americans the FREEDOM to escape the Democrat mafia. That is why Democrats generally want more consolidation with the federal government, so they can turn the entire country into one big Detroit, with Democrat kingpins sitting at the top lining their pockets with boatloads of taxpayer money.

Yeah, they'd be for building walls all over the place, if they could use them to TRAP the taxpayers in their hellholes.