This was aimed at the Iowa caucus (Article had that info which I snipped but could be read at site)...
and sadly the plan seems to have worked in Iowa...
Not enough downstate to pay off Illinois debt IMHO.
There are a lot of towns in places like Kansas and Nebraska that had 2000-3000 folks back in the 40’s and 50’s that have dwindled to just handfuls now.
That happened due to big-picture economic forces. Sad in a way, but is it really so big a tragedy that we went to forcibly restock them with foreigners?
Some things are destined to go extinct. Like the Panda. Read up on its eating and reproductive habits, and you just have to ask yourself why it hasn’t gone extinct already.