Trump isn’t alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change too

We all know about Oregon, but the Illinois thing is new, but not surprising.
Cook County contains about 40% of the state’s population, including the majority of Black, Asian and Hispanic residents, and is known for its cultural treasures, deep pension debt and a history of crime. Democrats dominate Chicago-area legislative districts, while Republicans represent most other parts of the state.

>Proponents say they have more in common with their rural brethren across state lines than they do with urbanites in Chicago and Portland, Oregon. And they contend the Democratic-led cities have so much clout in state government that rural, Republican voices get drowned out.


Trump isn't alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change too

 

I'm not sure that many of these states with cesspool cities can do much to drop the dead weight. They depend on those who work and produce not to mention be able to keep their leftist control. In looking at all of this it is taxation without representation. Then you have other issues to deal with like state funded pensions, medical/dental benefits. If the states were able to seperate who would fund those programs? Certainly not the cesspool cities that were the cause of secession. I'm not a fan of just about anything federal but the only way out of that quagmire would be for the feds to fund all of that until those receiving the pension benefits and the like died off.

 

Feds fund it hell no why should my
tax dollars I pay living in SC go to bail out Shitcago

 

I agree, that's one of the major pitfalls I spoke of for something like this. What I also meant was it would go to fund the pensions and benefits for those people who joined into another state and not into the sate that was left behind.