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« on: January 04, 2018, 12:27:25 PM »
Crippling and cash-strapped state budgets. Some businesses fleeing. High taxes, low wages for middle -class Illinoisans and New Jerseyans. Corrupt governors such as George Ryan, Rod Blagojevich, Jim McGreevey and Chris Christie.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-illinois-population-decline-st-0104-20180103-story.html

http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=257375#.Wk5joWinEdU

http://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2017/01/04/nj-still-tops-list-states-losing-residents/96108416/

Why are these states in such turmoil politically?
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bronz4141
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2018, 03:17:34 PM »
George Norcross, John Lynch, George Gilmore (New Jersey)

Michael Madigan (Illinois)


I admire their political skills, hardball politics, but they have caused problems for IL & NJ as political kingmakers.
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2018, 04:44:25 PM »
Quote from: Pericles on January 04, 2018, 04:03:42 PM
Kansas is a real mess. Republicans can't govern, it's an objective fact that Democrats govern better. Deal with it.

Kansas is a mess because Sam Brownback starved KS of revenue in a sense. IL & NJ are Democratic-controlled state Legislatures.
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2018, 09:36:32 PM »

But those unions helped the middle class. Without unions there would not be a middle class.
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