That sucking sound you hear in Illinois might be jobs and moving vans leaving the state.
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Illinois lawmakers squeaked in a massive tax increase at the end of its session before a new legislature, that is unlikely to pass tax increases in a down economy, started Wednesday. Some lawmakers say the increase was desperately needed to balance the state's fledgling budget. Now both residents and business owners in the "Land of Lincoln" are threatening to move out.
But that's good news for Illinois' neighbors to the north in Wisconsin, and they are laying out the welcome mat.
"Wisconsin is open for business," newly elected Republican Governor Scott Walker said in a statement his office put out immediately after the Illinois vote. "In these challenging economic times while Illinois is raising taxes, we are lowering them."
In an interview with FOX News, a spirited Governor Walker said Illinois lawmakers just made it an easy choice for a business trying to decide where to grow. "It's clear that it provides a great contrast to employers making a decision on long term growth and where the future is best for their company." This is already happening. Amazon has just ended it's partnerships with Illinois businesses and they are looking to move to Indiana or Wisconsin. I expect the states that are buisness friendly around Illinois will start to bounce back from the Depression while Illinois continues to circle the toilet. Maybe Chicago will resemble Detroit in a decade.
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Maybe Chicago will resemble Detroit in a decade.You mean things could get better. Plus living less than ten miles from Flatland I expect to see the housing market pick up.
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(On soap box and voluble today, as she finds the entire situation hilarious--in the sense that she has to laugh; otherwise she will start throwing the china in exasperation)
Illinoisians, you are welcome. Not just to the Dells and the cheese shops, but to be our neighbors. But be careful; we are having trouble with our own political creatures up here. Our state gov't is run from Madison, which is 72 square miles surrounded by reality. For example:
The day before the Nov election, the WI state govt. signed documents with the feds accepting $810 Million in aid for a high speed rail plan between Madison and Milwaukee. Had to be the day before elections, because the Donkeys were in serious peril of losing to the anti-rail Elephants, and so the outgoing Donkeys tried to serve up a fait accompli. Now they are shaking their heads because the Elephant actually is following through on his campaign promises and returned the train money. Imagine that!
Had to be high speed rail, no other options for funds. Not really high speed, of course; because the train would go through towns. Several of them. Not economically viable, because who has $50 bucks a ticket per person when for $50 you can drive a vanload of seven people round trip from Madison to Milwaukee, without having to go an extra half hour out of the way to catch a train on the Isthmus.
You see, the local establishment thinks that everything revolves around the Isthmus. Those businesses on the Beltline and the East Side? They don't matter; only campus and the state gov office workers deserve consideration for transportation systems. So the aging hippies declared that the train would go through the Isthmus of downtown Madison. Take a good look at the map of Madison in your Rand McNally, and you can see why a whole lot of undecided voters got off their couches on election day and voted for the anti-train, pro-business candidate.
So of course the local media is whining, "All that money for rail goes to Illinois." Where, of course, it will be siphoned off by the Chicago Machine and the Downstate Combine and disappear. It won't go to the aging hippies' altruistic boondoggles!
President Obama spoke today with Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, families of some of the victims, Rep. Giffords' Rabbi and two of the heroes that helped in the Arizona tragedy on Saturday.
In a phone call this afternoon with Sheriff Dupnik, according to White House spokesman Nicholas Shapiro, the President "thanked him for his department's efforts to respond to this incident and coordinate with the FBI and Director Mueller on the investigation." Chilling. Especially when the Democratic Sheriff chose not to arrest the shooter back when he was calling people and threatening to murder them. Also, I just love the names this Blog assigns anonymous folks. :)
Obama: You guys did a great job picking up the bodies down there.
Dupnik: Yeah, but what about my quick thinking to blame Fox News, and others, without facts and while the bodies were still in the parking lot, pretty ballzie, no?
Obama: You must have watched my interview after the Professor Gates fracas with the Boston PD .
Dupkin: Indeed, youre our leader.
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I also like how Wonder Boy spent his valuable time calling down to Philly in order to thank the owner of the Eagles for giving Mike Vick a job. The C-n-C is a celebutard if ever there was one. He should have his own talk show - or make him a permanent member of the view - that would be perfect for him and the harridons on there.
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Can I assume Sheriff Dupnik is a Democrat. He has demonized talk radio for creating an inflammatory climate which led to the shootings in Tucson while at the same time ignoring the left's heated rhetoric. Get over it sheriff, there is no connection. The law demands proof. For a man of the law, you are not presenting any evidence for what you say.
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wtf is he thanking him for? It was private citizens who stopped the shooter also the sheriff has sounded like a complete moron every time I have seen him do an interview. I live in a town of 2500 and if the mayor is at an event then there are at least minimal local police in attendance. Sounds like he dropped the ball on security at this event, but I'm sure if WBC protests they will have plenty.
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Sheriff's Department and community-college officials in Pima County are refusing to release a wide range of public documents about the man charged in Saturday's shooting rampage that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department and Pima Community College have declined to release documents that could shed light on run-ins they had with 22-year-old Jared Loughner in the months prior to the shooting.
The Arizona Public Records Law requires that records be "open to inspection by any person at all times" unless officials can prove releasing the information would violate rights of privacy or confidentiality or otherwise harm the best interests of the state.
The Arizona Republic requested that records, including incident reports on campus and calls for dispatch of deputies to Loughner's home, be released under the law. Such reports are often released as a matter of course in criminal cases.
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That sucking sound you hear in Illinois might be jobs and moving vans leaving the state.
