*Sigh*
Yes, it really is like this.
I confess to not having voted for a single politician of
any stripe when I recently moved to Illinois….for two major reasons….one is
that I actually had to start work BEFORE I moved to Illinois and had exactly
zero time to navigate the state or arcane shit needed to document my residency
(being a US citizen and not an illegal alien, DOES have its’ challenges). The other is that my choices really were
limited to a democrat who knows nothing about successful leadership, and a
republican that only pretends too. In
the state legislature, the man who has held state office longer than any other elected
state official IN THE NATION, makes sure that the only thing on the agenda is
failure and taxation.
There are good people in this state….I mean, seriously,
there are GOOD people here; I know some, I work with some, and, despite their
protestations to the contrary, I am related to some. A number of them are liberals but there is
some sanity sprinkled in there…..and you can hear it when you talk to
them. The people of Illinois are
defeated. The farmers and manufacturers
of the central and south are defeated….they have no voice. People that work for a living cannot be the
ones responsible for voting for the policies of our state legislature…it would
spell defeat in everything in which they believe.
And in this state, it doesn’t matter the party as long as
it is the democrat party…..this is a failed state, failed across the
board. And a lot of us are innocent….I
have absolutely ZERO culpability in what this state, county, city government
does….I do however have 100% responsibility for funding it. It does not matter for whom I vote, or what the
agenda may be…once that person goes to Springfield, what I want doesn’t matter.
There is no way out for Illinois….or as my acquaintances
call it “Ill-Annoy”. No matter how high
the taxes go, Illinois will get no better, because although the state is damned
near bankrupt, it isn’t about the money.
For our politicians, this state, the forests, the businesses, the farms,
the industry, and most of all, the people, are a piggy bank…..
Do I love my house?
I do. I like the town in which I
live, and my neighbors are great…..it is a very grown up situation and at 57 I
actually think I need that. But this
state, this city, has it’s hand in every single thing connected to your life….some
of it is good (like a very generous major appliance recycling program) and some
inane (cannot burn your yard waste, must buy special bags for disposal and must
pay for it to be disposed).
And nothing is going to get better….nothing CAN get
better. If Illinois is a failed state,
and I believe it is, then it is only going to get worse. Let me share something with you. I was trying to unfasten an idiot proof quick
connect on our fridge (yes, I am the wrong person to be addressing idiot proof
items, and yes, it is the SAME DAMNED FRIDGE that Lowes cannot get right….so we
know this is going to end SPLENDIDLY).
This piece of five year old, Asian technology was kicking my ass, so I
called Janet in and she did it at the first touch. She looked at me and said “Well, I knew what
you were doing wasn’t working, so I didn’t try that.” And the point of THAT little story is that “if
what you are doing is not working….don’t do that anymore.”
Illinois keeps doing the same thing over, and over, and
over again……at all levels of government…..and they keep getting the same
results…..deeper in debt, more corruption, less value for the (more) tax
dollars. But in Illinois, we have no
real choices…..like I said up front….I didn’t vote for anyone in Illinois…..and
it wouldn’t matter if I had….because nothing will change. We know how to fix things, we just don’t have
leadership that cares to fix things….or doesn’t realize how broken the state
is. Thanks to illegal immigration, the
population of the once United States is accelerating at an alarming pace. Yet, due to taxes and government, Illinois is
one of eight states LOSING population (this year, the 5th losing
year in a row, almost 50,000 people will flee). There is no future here for people looking to
the future.
And I know that is what the ruling class of Illinois wants,
that is the way they want it….that is the way the left across the nation wants
it. And I don’t know if the headline to
this article is exactly correct…..it is not necessarily the government we chose……
…..more like what the government that is chosen insists on
giving the people.
I will live here until I die, this is where the family is…..and
that is fine…but this state is a direct reflection of corrupt liberalism……and
it should serve as a lesson to the nation…..keep voting liberal…..and you will
suffer under the government you chose.
No comments:
Post a Comment