[Freedom56v2]

Amen?!
Really?

I was born in Illinois...for the most part raised in IL and that was before the dems took over...DuPage County was the most conservative/Republican county in the USA when I was growing up. This is my home and tho I lived all over the country (California, Missouri, Tennessee, North Dakota, Wisconsin), I moved back here for job opp, great family area and superb education suburb, oh and ailing parents/family.

Jobs and family keep many of us here-many of us who don’t vote Democrat. The state outside of Chicago is almost entirely Conservative...IL has if not the best farmland in the USA, then close to it BTW...

I really find your condescending comments about “Making bed...” annoying...and I seem to recall that you have written similar comments about California too. We don’t talk trash about TN residents...so why is it OK to dis IL residents?

I note you are from TN...I lived in east TN for nearly 4 years, was recently back for a visit this year. TN is not a jobs powerhouse...sorry, it is beautiful country and I love it, but it is not a commercial hub...Chicago area is a jobs power house, shipping hub and major commercial area...3rd largest city in US.

I don’t like that Dems have taken control, but I really find it disheartening that US citizens here on FR are so smug about the problems facing other US citizens...especially conservatives in other states like IL, CA, and OR.

If you really feel that “they have made their own bed” then it seems you are no different than many tyrannical Libs who delight when bad things happen to conservatives.

If you are for reducing pensions of employees, well, I am with you—but then again, they were promised them...it sucks for everyone in IL, and this problem is not unique to IL BTW...I think the DEM and GOP POLITICIANS who MADE these deals Should be tared and feathered—find them wherever they live and tax them! But please stop with the “They made their bed, ,because I didn’t just like people in TX didn’t when the dems opened the border...

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I've been through southern Illinois, and you could be in Tennessee or Kentucky by the looks of it. Really nice people, very few "jungles". Southern Illinois even has coal mines, and some counties are considered part of Appalachia.

There have been proposals to divide Illinois between neighboring states: Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin. The Chicagoland area would remain "Illinois". This idea has a lot of merit.
 

[tennmountainman]

Really.

We all make our own beds where we live.
East TN may not be a jobs hub,
But houses and food are affordable.
No State Taxes. And responsible government.

Your politicians made promises they could
not keep. Sorry, it is a cold hard fact.

[RedMonqey]

Freedom56v2

I don’t necessarily “gloat” over other states misfortune. It’s more “But for the Grace of God” and get on my knees and thank the Good Lord I was blessed with parents that were born in Tennessee.

You’re right Tennessee isn’t a “jobs powerhouse”

But it don’t have to be.

30,000 to 40,000 a year will get you into a very good house in a decent neighborhood.

And the taxes are reasonable.

But don’t tell anyone. It’s a secret.

We’re all dirty rednecks who married their sister and drink moonshine.

Pass it on...