Posted on 11/26/2014 3:16:57 PM PST by franky8
Illinois
"A State with No Republicans!"
Some interesting data on the 'state' of, the State of Illinois ... There are more people on welfare in Illinois than there are people working. Chicago pays the highest wages to teachers than anywhere else in the U.S. . Their average pay is $110,000/year. Their pensions average 80-90% of their income. Wow, are Illinois and Chicago great or what? Be sure to read till the end. I've never heard it explained better. Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago ?
Body count: In the last six months, 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago .. 221 killed in Iraq ; AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US.
Here's the Chicago chain of command:
President: Barack Hussein Obama •; Senator: Dick Durbin • House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr. • Governor: Pat Quinn • House leader: Mike Madigan • Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike) • Mayor: Rahm Emanuel • The leadership in Illinois - all Democrats. •
Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . • Of course, they're all blaming each other. • Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! •;
Let us get ALL the facts out while we are at it:
Chicago school syCan't blame Republicans; there aren't any!
State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!
Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!
This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us?
George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in prison
He was replaced by Rob Blagojevich who is, by the way, also in prison. stem rated one of the worst in the country. And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned, .. and, that's right, he and his wife are both in prison.
The Land of Lincoln , where our Governors and Representatives make our license plates. What?
As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago, nothing is going to change, except the state will go bankrupt before the country does.
"Anybody who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.
Don’t forget Detroit , another great example of a Democratic empire…;
I’ll be the first to admit my State is well on the road to ruin and most likely nothing can stop it. But to say there are no Republicans is just plain untrue.
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The Governor-elect (Bruce Rauner) Senator (Mark Kirk - my former congressman) and Comptroller (Judy Barr Topinka) are moderate liberals who go along to get along. They are nice people, but they won’t push meaningful change.
HA! That oughta stick to the wall!
Illinois has a lot deeper hole than Michigan but greater gun freedom is clearly driven by republicans.
There are perhaps 2% of the Engineers in this country with those kind of stats, mainly in terms of the pension.
And very few Engineers have state guaranteed job security.
Really amazing when you consider the level of effort comparison.
Thank Scotus. Senator Dirksen wasn't pleased.
The fix is in, since 1964.
Repubvestites?
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That is true, but the same can be said of various Congressional Republicans and leaders too.
The previous comment made it sound as if there were Z-E-R-O Republicans in Illinois. That is not true.
True. Not one Republican left in the entire state of Illinois.
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