[railroader]

Notice Indiana is growing too. I wonder if it has anything to do with being next to Illinois, Michigan and Ohio?

Yes. Another factor is that Indiana is a right-to-work state, so it is experiencing accelerated industrial growth as well. But don't worry, Indiana, Illinois pols are too stupid to figure out the problem.

[Tenacious 1]

I have extended family on the “in-law” side that I am embarrassed about (who doesn’t, right?). They are useless leeches... drug users, unemployed and unemployable, collecting “entitlements”, stealing prescriptions from family, living with family sympathizers, etc. They regularly post on FB to keep us updated on the depravity and shame. They bred recently and introduced another weapon to threaten grandparents with. They cause a lot of misery.

I found a silver lining that surprised me, however. They moved to Illinois 18 months ago (I didn’t know) and have been collecting IL subsidies! Woo Hoo! They are somebody else’s welfare case.

So I found something else that Illinois is doing to make Indiana better. Apparently, it’s more lucrative to be poor in Illinois than in Indiana.