Another nail in the coffin of Illinois

Let me start this piece with the acknowledgement that JB Pritzker, the newest governor of Illinois, is a documented, but unindicted criminal. Rather than running for governor, this man should have been running for his life.  BUT….this is Illinois, and corruption is the coin of the realm.

So, onto the issues here.  One of the first thing that Pritzker did upon assuming office, other than making sure that all of the government mafia were payed, was to approve a $15 an hour minimum wage.   The left will never learn, and think that we will never learn.  And in this particular case, it appears that there is no end of idiots willing to remain ignorant.

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/minimum-wage-hike-15-wipes-out-jobs-illinois-and-new-york?fbclid=IwAR1ZRKwaDkuwbJDLFR1gajXEd4YhcWps0H2Z8e6AveDIjBAhyGtXYwBi2UY

There is no, not one, nowhere, statistic that indicates that a $15 an hour (dictated) minimum wage benefits anyone.  Seattle, Portland, NY and now Illinois are finding this out daily. Like all taxes (and this is what the minimum wage truly is), people that can leave do, business that can leave do.   ANYWHERE that the government is intrusive, in any sector, the free market loses, and the working people lose. 

And the remarkable thing is that, in the socialist/liberal/democrat mindset, the people voting for this certain failure, KNOW that they are voting for certain failure, and do it anyway.

Check this out.  The LA Times reported that “Californians strongly back the state’s minimum wage increase to $15,” even “though they believe the wage hike will hurt their pocketbooks and the state’s economy,” and “high percentages of those surveyed expected negative consequences, including layoffs and business relocations to states with lower minimum wages. Almost 90% of respondents believed that prices for consumers would rise because of the wage hike.”

What the hell?  This is not cognitive dissonance, this is insanity.

Coming back to Illinois.  For over 10 years Illinois as been emptying out at the average of 50,000 people a year.  The record is rife with reports of people that lose their houses in retirement because their $130,000 house, once paid off, still has the annual equivalent of a mortgage in property taxes.  I bought my own home for less than $130,000…..a steal.  But the assessed value is almost $200,000…care to guess on what figure I will be taxed at?  And you can bet your ass, nice as this house is, nobody is going to ink a deal for it at $200K.

“The net result is that an economically-struggling town with lots of low-wage workers tends to have less disposable income, higher prices, and less consumer purchasing power (meaning fewer retail jobs) after a minimum wage hike than before”.

And the left KNOWS this…it is one of those principles that never, ever change….and they do it anyhow…..and Pritzker, and Madigan will rape this state until it is one big dustbowl…..and pretend that they didn’t do it.  The left will ALWAYS seek a solution to a problem they create, that doesn’t solve the problem they created.  Taxes and the $15 minimum wage are one of them.

And as an aside……I work with a guy who is also an EMT.  Take heart…the high school fucktard that can’t get your burger order straight?  He now makes as much as the first responder that can save your life.

Just sayin’.