…or rather, out. Reader Brad (who lives there) sends me these headlines from Illinois:
“But where,” you may ask, “is Headline #1?”
Well, you see, it deserves a place all by itself, because #2-5 are just the causes and consequences of #1. So here it is:
More than 87,000 people moved out of Illinois taking with them nearly $10 billion in income, according to the latest Internal Revenue Service data. For the last six years, the total lost adjusted gross income is more than $47.5 billion.
While 14,486 people moved to Illinois from California in 2022, bringing with them $1.5 billion in income, the latest IRS data shows 31,600 of those who left Illinois went to Florida, taking with them $4.1 billion dollars.
Total lost income out of Illinois because of outmigration was $9.8 billion in 2022. Last year’s IRS migration report found 105,000 fewer individuals, taking with them $10.6 billion. The year before that, nearly 101,000 people left Illinois, taking with them $8.5 billion.
That’s the ticket, folks: leave the poxy place and starve the bastards out.
Just remember, when you get to Florida, Texas etc., exactly why you bailed; and don’t vote for the same shit — that would be socialist politicians — in your new place.