Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: george76

saw this yesterday:

https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-lawmaker-files-bill-that-would-make-chicago-the-51st-state/1769769111

Chicago will never go for it because under the current bankruptcy code municipalities can file for bankruptcy, states cannot.


11 posted on 02/11/2019 11:16:27 AM PST by ameribbean expat (Socialism is like a nude beach - - sounds great til you actually get there. -- David Burge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: ameribbean expat

I don’t see a Republican controlled Senate ever approving the resolution.

The might as well just give the Democrats both houses of Congress on a silver platter.

The State of Chicago would never elect a Republican Senator in twenty years.


41 posted on 02/11/2019 2:28:34 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson