Bring trapped in the Red State part of Blue State Illinois is no fun. Corruption and incompetence dominate state politics and despite having some very good conservatives in the state legislature who want to do the right thing is of little importance when the agenda is set by the Democrats who are all cut of Dick Dirtbin cloth. The many good conservatives here probably can relate to what it was like behind the Iron Curtain. They just laugh when we talk about splitting Chicago off as it’s own state, claiming is is the “economic engine of the state”. Well, how long will that engine run with no damn food?
Actually the cuts to mental health treatment were insanely stupid proposals by Idiot Governor Pat Quinn and were not actually made. Even conservatives know this is not the first place to cut, yet Quinn and the Democrats used traditional tactics, then blamed the Republicans for being the bad guys. It is truly disgusting.
Illinoise should lobby to split into N. Illinois and S. Illiniois. Let Chicago have the Lakefront and surrounding counties. Then you have to give St. Louis to MO.
After that, S. Illionois would see rapid growth and success.