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Indiana Proposes to Absorb 33 Counties from Illinois that Voted to Leave the State
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Feb. 15, 2025 4:00 pm | by Jim Hᴏft

Posted on 02/15/2025 8:04:41 PM PST by airdalechief

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston has announced a legislative proposal to incorporate 33 Illinois counties that have expressed a desire to secede from their state.

This initiative comes after these counties, frustrated with the political dominance of Chicago and Cook County, voted in favor of exploring separation.

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To: airdalechief

A lot of these States would be fixed if we evenly charged the States for every Fed spending bill. Budget, additional spending, divide by 535 and each CongressCritter takes home his share. All these liberal States the size of a county would have to reform as one or two to drop how much their Senators bring home. Their outsized representation in the Senate would finally end.

Of course, this includes repealing the 17th.


61 posted on 02/19/2025 7:56:45 AM PST by Svartalfiar (-)
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To: Steely Tom
You might want to check this out first...

Meanwhile in ... INDIANA

Recent hearing. Bureaucrat refuses to answer whether or not he's hiring family and paying them obscene salaries.

62 posted on 04/30/2025 2:06:28 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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