Secession Talk Spreading! The U.S. was born out of Secession.
King George III found out the hard way that the very genesis of the American ethos is running our own affairs liberated from bureaucratic control.
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Like 1860, secession debates rage from sea to shining sea throughout the American republic. The latest can be found in rural southern Illinois. In a landslide vote that received little national attention, seven counties voted to secede from Illinois. Six of the seven approved the measure by over 70%.
Leaving “the land of Lincoln” to escape the chains of poor governance has been a generational issue. Over 50 years ago, 16 counties in western Illinois wanted to secede in a region called “Forgottonia.”
The tax rate between Indiana and Illinois presents a clear dichotomy: Indiana’s is 3.05% compared to 4.95% in Illinois. The corporate tax rate in Indiana is 4.9% compared to 9.5% in Illinois, where Democrats control all three branches of state government. Republican counties have no influence despite paying their taxes to fund a state in perennial debt. Illinois’ fiscal undoing only leads to higher taxes time and again. Moreover, according to the U.S. census, Illinois had the third highest state out-migration, nationwide, while Indiana gained 30,000 residents in 2023.
Many of Illinois’ problems rest with long-time state House Speaker and Chairman of the Illinois Democrat Party Michael Madigan, who was recently found guilty on 10 counts of corruption, including bribery.
Public unions have made the state tone deaf to everything but the unions themselves. Unions own the Democrats who view taxpayers as breathing ATMs. A 2022 study by…
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