Longer term, call another state constitution convention and fix the public employee pension MOAB that also bleeds the state dry. But that would require leadership and courage. Maybe after 8 years as POTUS, Donald Trump could move to Illinois and run for Governor.
“Maybe after 8 years as POTUS, Donald Trump could move to Illinois and run for Governor. “
In 8 years Trump will be nearing 80 years of age! I think he will want to pass on the offer. If he is able to continue at his current pace, and fulfill his commitments to this country, he will go down as the man who saved the United States of America. Only when the “good citizens of Illinois” shed their RAT/Union chains, will there ever be a future there. To be sure, California has massive fiscal problems, but they are still in the realm of “fixable,” owing to the state’s GDP. But that will not be the case for much longer.
The current Republican governor is a fiscal hawk. House Speaker ... aka dictator Madigan has had total control for about 18 years.
The big mistake was RINO governor Edgar trying to buy the support of the public unions. The Republican FAB5 fought Edgar on that in 1993-96 and lost as the RINOs voted with the Democrats to gave total control to Madigan.
Illinois is losing us taxpayers faster than even credit ratings. Just wait til all those State Farm and Caterpillar employees and consultants are working in GA, TX and AZ. The Central IL economy will look like Chicago. Then RINOs Davis, etal will vote for the federal bailout that they had expected under Obama. They allowed the situation to get this bad because they had really expected Obama would give them free money.
Peanuts, CAL long term -200 billion in public pensions spending 20 billion a year on services to illegals.