Ok ok credit where due. @GovPritzker has finally achieved something historic:
— Illinois Policy (@illinoispolicy) August 27, 2026
More than half of his state wants to leave.
51% of Illinoisans say they’d flee if they had the chance, according to polling, with high taxes cited as the main driver.
How has our fearless leader… pic.twitter.com/GjshzfLD2q
More than half of his state wants to leave.
51% of Illinoisans say they’d flee if they had the chance, according to polling, with high taxes cited as the main driver.
How has our fearless leader responded to this development? By pushing through 63 tax and fee hikes since taking office.
For all the fashionable democratic socialist fairy tales about the potential of taxation, precisely zero states have so far succeeded in taxing themselves into prosperity.
But you certainly tax yourself into a period of prolonged economic decline.
Illinois has already lost 168,000 residents since 2018. Few aside from Florida and Indiana are celebrating this trend.
If population growth is the ultimate grade on a governor's record, what letter grade has Pritzker's administration earned?
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